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dignosce

dignosce

English

Verb

dignosce (third-person singular simple present dignosces, present participle dignoscing, simple past and past participle dignosced)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland) to discern
    • 1638, Henry Adamson, The Muses' Threnodie:
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      And make Christ's people by peculiar choice
      Dignosce the shepherds from the hyrelings voice.
    • 1652, Sir Thomas Urquart, The Epistle Liminary:
      For truth being in indivisibili, as is the essence of what ever is, who is most versed in the nature and properties of a thing is alwayes best able to dignosce of its value.
    • 1676, William Row, Supplement to the History of Mr Blair's Life:
      Meanwhile there is a committeee appointed to dignosce upon the supplication and how field conventicles shall be suppressed

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Latin

Verb

dīgnosce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dīgnoscō