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Word Meanings - COGNIZABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes. 2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined. Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.

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  • DISTINGUISHABLE
    1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas.
  • SENSIBLENESS
    1. The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility. "The sensibleness of the eye." Sharp. "Sensibleness and sorrow for sin." Hammond. The sensibleness of the divine presence. Hallywell.
  • PERCEIVABLE
    Capable of being perceived; perceptible. -- Per*ceiv"a*bly, adv.
  • SENSIBLE
    1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; sensible resistance. Air is sensible to the touch by its
  • DISTINGUISHABLENESS
    The quality of being distinguishable.
  • APPRECIABLE
    Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.
  • PERCEPTIBLE
    Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable. With a perceptible blast of the air. Bacon. -- Per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Per*cep"ti*bly, adv.
  • COGNIZABLE
    1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes. 2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined. Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.
  • INDISTINGUISHABLE
    Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form
  • INSENSIBLENESS
    Insensibility. Bp. Hall.
  • INCOGNIZABLE
    Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or distinguished. H. Spenser. The Lettish race, not a primitive stock of the Slavi, but a distinct branch, now become incognizable. Tooke.
  • PRECOGNIZABLE
    Cognizable beforehand.
  • SUPERSENSIBLE
    Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
  • INAPPRECIABLE
    Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated. Hallam.
  • IRRECOGNIZABLE
    Not recognizable. Carlyle.
  • INSENSIBLE
    1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. Milton. 2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with
  • IMPERCEIVABLE
    Imperceptible. South. -- Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. Sharp.
  • IMPERCEPTIBLE
    Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended. Almost imperceptible to the touch. Dryden. Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. Burke. --
  • RECOGNIZABLE
    Capable of being recognized. -- Rec"og*ni`za*bly, adv.
  • UNSENSIBLE
    Insensible.

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