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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cognition \Cog*ni"tion\, noun [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See {Know}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cognition
noun: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning [syn: {knowledge}, {noesis}]
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