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Cognize

To know or perceive; to recognize.

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Agnize 76% connected

To recognize; to acknowledge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Know 76% connected

Knee.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Realize 76% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Understand 76% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cognitive 74% connected

Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cognitive 74% connected

Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cognizance 74% connected

Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cognizance 74% connected

Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Know 92% connected

Knee.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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