† recognosce, v. Obs. Chiefly Sc.
Also 6 -os(s.
[ad. L. recognōscĕre: see re- and cognosce.]
1. trans. To recognize, identify. rare—1.
| 1533 Bellenden tr. Livy v. vi, Two dayis lasere war gevin to Ilk man to recognos [v.r. recognis] his awne gere [L. ad recognoscendas res]. |
2. To recognize or acknowledge.
| 1555 Sc. Arts Mary (1814) 506 W{supt} quhat zele and affectioun hir subiectis ar myndit To obserue and recognoss hir said spous. 1570 Buchanan Admonit. (S.T.S.) 36 Refuse not ye help send to ȝow be god bot recognosce thankfullie his fauour towardis ȝow. 1644 Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings 21 The possessour..recognosceth or acknowledgeth..no superiour but Almightie God. 1671 True Nonconf. 437 That..the Emperour [is] Liege-lord, and all the Princes feudataires recognoscing him. |
3. a. To revise, amend. rare—1.
| 1563 Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 83 In the buke of iiiixxiii quæst. sum places explanit or recognoscit. |
b. To reconnoitre. rare. Also absol.
| 1637 Munro Pract. Obs. in Exped. ii. 202 We must recognosce on horse or foot, according to the exployt we have before us. Ibid. 204 You are to recognosce both his strength and order. |
4. Sc. Law. Of a feudal superior: To resume possession of (lands). See recognition 1 and recognize v. 1.
| 1597 Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Recognition, The superiour hes entresse and regresse to the propertie of the landes, and may recognosce the samin. 1609 ― Reg. Maj. 114 That Lord may not knaw, nor recognosce that land to him be law. a 1765 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. v. §10 The overlord was said to recognosce the lands by the falling of the vassal's escheat, or by the nonentity of the heir. |
b. intr. Of lands: To return to the superior by recognition.
| 1752 M{supc}Douall Inst. Laws Scot. ii. xi. II. 155 If the vassal neglect payment of the feu-duty.., the feu becomes void by statute, and recognosces and returns to the superior. 1754 Erskine Princ. Sc. Law v. (1809) 155 By the feudal customs it was only the part aliened which recognosced. |
Hence † recogˈnoscence, recognition. Obs.—1
| 1594 Lyly Moth. Bomb. iv. ii, Your eloquence passes my recognoscence. |