cognoscent, a. rare.
(kɒgˈnɒsənt)
[ad. L. cognōscent-em, pr. pple. of cognōscĕre to know.]
1. Knowing; cognitive.
| 1649 Bulwer Pathomyot. i. §6. 28 The Muscles..are not endued with any Cognoscent powers. 1825 New Monthly Mag. XIII. 142 A cognoscent air of legal gravity. |
2. Cognizant; acquainted.
| 1830 Fraser's Mag. I. 687 If I were not before cognoscent of its existence. 1847 Tait's Mag. XIV. 574 The subject is not one with which we are personally cognoscent. |