Definitions for cognizance

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cognizance cog·ni·zance

Spelling: [kog-nuh-zuh ns, kon-uh

IPA: /ˈkɒg nə zəns, ˈkɒn ə-/

Cognizance is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 24 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 29 points.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in cognizance (acceginnoz).

Definitions for cognizance

noun

1. awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception:
2. Law. judicial notice as taken by a court in dealing with a cause. the right of taking jurisdiction, as possessed by a court. acknowledgment; admission, as a plea admitting the fact alleged in the declaration.
3. the range or scope of knowledge, observation, etc.:
4. Heraldry. a device by which a person or a person's servants or property can be recognized; badge.

Origin of cognizance

1250-1300; Middle English conisa(u)nce Middle French con(o)is(s)ance, equivalent to conois(tre) to know (Latin cognōscere; see cognition) + -ance Examples for cognizance

Yet of this interval the utilitarian theory takes no cognizance.

A searching by, or cognizance of, a magistrate, or other authorized officer.

As Smith had no wife, this could not have been his cognizance.

Some cried out that they had had no cognizance of any plot to deceive.

Could such a thing be done without the cognizance of the house?

The Chinese who have gone have been with Chinese cognizance, but not under Chinese protection.

There was no cognizance of anything except this one maddening girl.

There were influences at work in Delgratz of which even you had no cognizance.

The wiser they are in intelligence the less perception of cognizance they have.

Out of whom condescension is to flow is a matter of which Heaven takes no cognizance.