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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COGNITION, n. Knowledge or certain knowledge, as from personal view or experience.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning [syn: cognition, knowledge, noesis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English cognicion, from Anglo-French, from Latin cognition-, cognitio, from cognoscere to become acquainted with, know, from co- + gnoscere to come to know — more at know Date: 15th century cognitive mental processes; also a product of these processes • cognitional adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Philos. knowing, perceiving, or conceiving as an act or faculty distinct from emotion and volition. 2 a result of this; a perception, sensation, notion, or intuition. Derivatives: cognitional adj. cognitive adj. Etymology: L cognitio (as CO-, gnoscere gnit- apprehend)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cognition Cog*ni"tion, n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.] 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. --Shak. 2. That which is known.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things. (FORMAL) ...processes of perception and cognition.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Knowledge, cognizance. 2. Knowing, (the) act of knowing, cognitive process, cognizing. 3. Cognitive act, (some one) act of knowing, piece of knowledge.