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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cōg'ger-y, n. p. 248Trick; falsehood. Watson.Cōg'gle, n. p. 248A small boat. Halliwell. 2. A small stone. Halliwell.Cŏg'i-ta-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 248Capability of being thought of; conceivableness.Cōg'i-ta-ble, a. p. 248Capable of being made the subject of thought or meditation. Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.Cōg'i-ta-būnd', a. p. 248Full of thought; deeply thoughtful. [Rare.] An accumulation and ostentation of thoughts which is meant to be a refutation in full of all poetry less cogitabund, whatever may be the requirements of…Cōg'i·tāte, v. i. p. 248To engage in continuous thought; to reflect. He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth: and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy…Cŏg'i-tā'tion, n. p. 248The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. These powers of cogitation, and volition, and sensation, are neither inherent in matter, as such, nor acquirable to matter. Bentley.Cōg'i·tā'tive, a. p. 248Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. “Cogitative faculties.” Wollaston. 2. Given to thought or contemplation. Walton.Cōg'-mān, n. p. 248A dealer in coarse cloth. Wright.Cōg'nac, n. p. 248A kind of French brandy, so called from a town of that name. [Written also, but improperly, cognac.]Cōg'nāte, a. p. 248Allied by blood; kindred by birth. 2. Kindred in origin, formation, &c.; proceeding from the same stock; allied. “Physical science of a cognate character.” Hugh Miller.Cōg'nāte, n. p. 248(Law.) (a.) One connected with another by ties of kindred. (b.) One related to another on the female side. Bouvier. 2. One of a number of things which are allied in origin; as, certain letters are…Cōg'nāte-ness, n. p. 248State of being cognate.Cog-nā'ti, n. pl. p. 248(Law.) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.Cog-nā'tion, n. p. 248Relation by descent from the same original; kindred. Two of which [vices] I shall mention as being of near cognation to it [ingratitude] and constant coherence with it. South. 2. Participation of the…Cŏg'ni-sôr' or Cŏg'ni-see' p. 248m. See COGNIZOR, COGNIZEE.Cōg·ni'tion, n. p. 248The act of knowing, by any means or method. 2. An object known.Cōg'ni-tive, a. p. 248Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. [R.] South.Cōg'ni-za-ble, a. p. 248Capable of being known, perceived, or apprehended. The cause of many phenomena is not cognizable by the senses. 2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being legally or…Cōg'ni-za-bly, adv. p. 248In a cognizable manner.Cōg'ni-zance, n. p. 248Knowledge or notice; perception; observation; recognition. “Within the cognizance and under the control of their divine Governor.” Hurd. 2. Judicial knowledge or jurisdiction; the hearing a matter…Cŏg'ni-zant, a. p. 248Having cognizance or knowledge of.Cŏg'ni-zee', n. p. 248(Law.) One to whom a fine of land is acknowledged. Blackstone.Cŏg'ni-zōr', n. p. 248(Law.) One who acknowledges the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone.Cŏg-nō'men, n. p. 248A surname; the last of the three names of an individual among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family. Brande.Cog-nŏm'i-nal, a. p. 248Pertaining to a surname.Cog-nŏm'i-nal, n. p. 248One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Browne.Cog-nŏm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 248A surname; the name of a family; a name given from any accident or quality. Therefore Christ gave him the cognomination of Caiaphas. Bp. Taylor.Cog-nŏs'cence, n. p. 248The act or state of knowing. [Rare.] More.Cŏg'nŏs-cēn'te, n. p. 248One who knows; a connoisseur; — usually in the plural.Cog-nŏs'ci-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 248The quality of being cognoscible. Cudworth.Cog-nŏs'ci-ble, a. p. 248Capable of being known. “The redundance of matters intelligible and cognoscible in things natural.” Hale. 2. Liable to judicial cognizance. No external act can pass upon a man for a crime that is not…Cog-nŏs'ci-tīve, a. p. 248Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] “An innate cognoscitive power.” Cudworth.Cog-nō'vit, n. p. 248(Law.) An acknowledgment and confession by a defendant of the justice of a plaintiff's claim, in whole or in part, authorizing judgment and execution against himself. Bouvier.Co-guārd'i-an, n. p. 248A joint guardian. Kent.Cōgue, n. p. 248A small wooden vessel; a dram.Cōg'wāre, n. p. 248A coarse, narrow, cloth-like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. Halliwell.Cŏg'-wheel, n. p. 248A wheel with cogs or teeth.Co-hāb'it, v. i. p. 248To dwell with; to inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country. The Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark, which foraged their country more than a conquering army; they were…Co-hăb'i-tant, n. p. 248One who dwells with another, or in the same place. No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Raleigh.Co-hăb'i-tā'tion, n. p. 248The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another. Felltham. 2. The state of living together as man and wife. That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of…Co-hāb'it-er, n. p. 248One who dwells with another; a cohabitant; a fellow-citizen. “Cohabiters of the same region.” Hobbs.Co-heir', n. p. 248A joint-heir; one of several entitled to an inheritance.Co-heir'ess, n. p. 248A female who inherits a share of an estate with other females; a joint heiress.Co-hēr'ald, n. p. 248A joint herald.Co-hēre', v. i. p. 248To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass, or as two substances that attract each other. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or…Co-hē'rence or Co-hē'ren-cy, n. p. 249A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body, or a cleaving together of two bodies, by means of attraction. “The coherence of the particles of air.” Locke. 2. Suitable connection…Co-hēr'ent, a. p. 249Sticking together; cleaving, as the parts of bodies, solid or fluid. Arbuthnot. 2. Connected by some relation or agreement of form, order, &c.; observing due agreement; consistent; as, a coherent…Co-hēr/en tîf'ic, a. p. 249Causing, or pertaining to, cohesion. “Cohesive or coherentific force.” Coleridge.Co-hēr'ent-ly, adv. p. 249In a coherent manner; with due connection or agreement of parts.Co-hē'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 249Tendency to unite by cohesion; cohesiveness. Good.Co-hē'si-ble, a. p. 249Capable of cohesion.Co-hē'sion, n. p. 249The act of sticking together; that form of attraction by which the particles of homogeneous bodies unite together. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion. Arbuthnot. 2. A state of…Co-hē'sive, a. p. 249Having the power of sticking or cohering; tending to unite in a mass, and to resist separation. Nicholson.Co-hē'sīve-ly, adv. p. 249With cohesion.Co-hē'sīve-ness, n. p. 249The quality of being cohesive; the quality of adhering together, as particles of matter.Co-hib'it, v. t. p. 249To restrain. [Obs.]Cō-hĭ-bĭ'tion, n. p. 249Hinderance; restraint. [Obs.]Cō'ho-bāte, v. t. p. 249(Anæ. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot.Cō'ho-bā'tion, n. p. 249(Anc. Chem.) The operation of repeatedly distilling the same liquor, or that from the same substance. “Oil dulcified by cohobation with an aromatized spirit.” Grew.