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Coextension (kōĕkstĕnshŭn), n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
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Coextensive (?), a. Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Coextensively, adv. -- Coextensiveness, n.
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Coffea n. the genus comprising the coffee trees.
Syn. -- genus Coffea.
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Coffee (k�f�; kŏff�; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. .] 1. The “beans” or “berries” (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
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2. The coffee tree.
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☞ There are several species of the coffee tree, as, Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea occidentalis, and Coffea Liberica. The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called “beans” or “berries”.
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3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.
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They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. Bacon.
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4. a cup of coffee{3}, especially one served in a restaurant; as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to go.
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5. a social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.
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6. a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.
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☞ The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London.
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Coloq. Coffee bug (Zoöl.), a species of scale insect (Lecanium coffæa), often very injurious to the coffee tree. -- Coloq. Coffee rat (Zoöl.) See .
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coffeeberry n. an evergreen shrub of Western U.S. (Rhamnus californicus), bearing small red or black fruits; -- called also the California buckthorn.
Syn. -- California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus.
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coffeecake (k�f�kā), n. a cake or sweet bread usually glazed after baking, and having added nuts and fruits; it is often served with coffee.
Syn. -- coffee cake.
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Coffeehouse (k�f�hous), n. A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
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The coffeehouse must not be dismissed with a cursory mention. It might indeed, at that time, have been not improperly called a most important political institution. . . . The coffeehouses were the chief organs through which the public opinion of the metropolis vented itself. . . . Every man of the upper or middle class went daily to his coffeehouse to learn the news and discuss it. Every coffeehouse had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration, and who soon became what the journalists of our own time have been called -- a fourth estate of the realm. Macaulay.
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Coffeeman (?), n. One who keeps a coffeehouse. Addison.
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coffee-pot, coffeepot (?), n. 1. A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.
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2. a tall pot in which coffee is brewed, especially one in which the heating of the water is accomplished by electricity.
Syn. -- coffeepot, coffee pot.
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Coffeeroom (?), n. A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
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Coffer (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. �. Cf. , n.] 1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer.
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.
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2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
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He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake. Bacon.
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Hold, here is half my coffer. Shak.
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3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
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4. (Fort.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
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5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
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Coloq. Coffer dam . (Engin.) See , in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Coffer fish . (Zoöl.) See .
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Coffer, v. t. 1. To put into a coffer. Bacon.
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2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond.
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3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
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Cofferdam (?), n. A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
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Cofferer (?), n. One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]
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Cofferwork (?), n. (Masonry) Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.
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Coffin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See , n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
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They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26.
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2. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).
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3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
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Of the paste a coffin I will rear. Shak.
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4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] Nares.
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5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
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Coloq. Coffin bone , the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coloq. Coffin joint , the joint next above the coffin bone.
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Coffin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coffined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coffining.] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
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Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home? Shak.
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Devotion is not coffined in a cell. John Hall (1646).
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Coffinless, a. Having no coffin.
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Coffle (?; 115), n. [Ar. kafala caravan.] A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
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Cog (kŏg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cogged (kŏgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. , v. t.]
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1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.]
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I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. Shak.
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2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [R.]
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Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. J. Dennis
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To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. Swift.
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Cog (?), v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
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For guineas in other men's breeches,
Your gamesters will palm and will cog. Swift.
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Cog, n. A trick or deception; a falsehood. Wm. Watson.
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Cog, n. [Cf. Sw. kugge a cog, or W. cocos the cogs of a wheel.] 1. (Mech.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
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2. (Carp.) (a) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface. (b) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. Knight.
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3. (Mining.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
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Cog, v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs.
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Coloq. Cogged breath sound (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration. Quain.
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Cog, n. [OE. cogge; cf. D. kog, Icel. kuggr Cf. a boat.] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Cogency (?), n. [See .] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
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An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman.
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Cogenial (?), a. Congenial. [Obs.]
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Cogent (?), a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See , a., and cf. to force, , p. a.] 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]
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The cogent force of nature. Prior.
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2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.
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No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More.
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Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall.
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The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.

Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.
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Cogently, adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively. Locke.
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Cogger (?), n. [From to wheedle.] A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.
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Coggery, n. Trick; deception. Bp. Watson.
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Coggle (?), n. [See small boat.] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Coggle, n. [Cf. a cobblestone.] A cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Cogitability (?), n. The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.
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Cogitable (?), a. [L. cogitabilis, fr. cogitare to think.] Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.
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Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Cogitabund (?), a. [L. cogitabundus.] Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt.
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Cogitate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cogitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogitating.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. .] To engage in continuous thought; to think.
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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 also cogitateth. Bacon.
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Cogitate, v. t. To think over; to plan.
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He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe.
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Cogitation (?), n. [L. cogitatio: cf. F. cogitation.] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. “Fixed in cogitation deep.” Milton.
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Cogitative (?), a. [Cf. LL. cogitativus.] 1. Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. “Cogitative faculties.” Wollaston.
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2. Given to thought or contemplation. Sir H. Wotton.
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Cogman (?), n. A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright.
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Cognac (?), n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.
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Cognate (?), a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See , and cf. .] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
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2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.
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Cognate, n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.
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2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
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Cognateness, n. The state of being cognate.
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Cognati (?), n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.
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Cognation (?), n. [L. cognatio.] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
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As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.
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2. Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne.
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A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby.
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3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
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Cognatus (?), n. [L., a kinsman.] (Law) A person connected through cognation.
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{ Cognisor (? or ?), Cognisee (?), } n. See , .
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Cognition (?), n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See , v. t.] 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
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I will not be myself nor have cognation
Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.
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2. That which is known.
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Cognitive (?), a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. South.
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Cognizable (? or �), a. [F. connaissable, fr. connaître to know, L. cognoscere. See Cognition.] 1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.
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2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.
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Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.
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Cognizably, adv. In a cognizable manner.
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Cognizance (? or ?; 277), n. [OF. conissance, conoissance, F. connaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See , and cf. , .] 1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
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Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd
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2. Recollection; recognition.
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Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance,
Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser.
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3. (Law) (a) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b) The hearing a matter judicially. (c) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng.] (d) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [Eng.] Cowell. Mozley & W.
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4. The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.
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Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott.
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This pale and angry rose,
As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak.
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Cognizant (? or ?), a. [See , and cf. .] Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
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Cognize (?), v. t. [Cf. , .] To know or perceive; to recognize.
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The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it. H. Spencer.
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Cognizee (? or ?), n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged. Blackstone.
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Cognizor (?), n. [See .] (Law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone.
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Cognomen (?), n. [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.
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2. (Eng. Law) A surname.
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Cognominal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.
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Cognominal, n. One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Cognomination (?), n. [L. cognominatio.] A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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Cognoscence (?), n. [LL. cognoscentia. See .] Cognizance. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Cognoscente (?), n.; pl. Cognoscenti (#). [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.] A connoisseur. Mason.
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Cognoscibility (?), n. The quality of being cognoscible. Cudworth.
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Cognoscible (?), a. 1. Capable of being known. “Matters intelligible and cognoscible.” Sir M. Hale.
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2. Liable to judicial investigation. Jer. Taylor.
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Cognoscitive (?), a. Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] “An innate cognoscitive power.” Cudworth.
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Cognovit (?), n. [L., he has acknowledged.] (Law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W.
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Cogon (?), n. [Sp., prob. fr. a native name.] A tall, coarse grass (Imperata arundinacea) of the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for thatching.
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Coguardian (?), n. A joint guardian.
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Cogue (?), n. [Cf. a small boat.] A small wooden vessel; a pail. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Cogware (?), n. A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. Halliwell.
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Cogwheel (?), n. A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of .
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Cohabit (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohabiting.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to have. See , n. & v.] 1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.
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The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. South.
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2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
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The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. Bouvier.
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☞ By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship. Wharton.
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Cohabitant (?), n. [L. cohabitans, p. pr.] One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.
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No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh.
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