Synonyms:
awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
Meaning: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
Usage examples
"It wasn't with Mr. Finn's cognizance.
Thine eyes, ears--all thy best attributes--all that takes cognizance of natural beauty, Shall wake and fill.
"If you spread reports about," he added, "I shall be obliged to take cognizance of the matter, and to search the house, and then!..."
'The Polonias have intermarried with the greatest and most ancient families of Rome, and you see their heraldic cognizance (a mushroom or on an azure field) quartered in a hundred places in the city with the arms of the Colonnas and Dorias.
Supposing that the simple tests referred to heretofore have shown that the eyes, as optical instruments, are sufficiently perfect, our efforts need to be to train the brain to take cognizance of, and to interpret the impressions transmitted to it by the eyes.