Definition of "cognisance" [cognisance]

• Alternative spelling of cognizance. (noun)

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• "A spokeswoman for Saxo said the bank had taken '' cognisance '' of the FSA's orders and would comply '' expediently ''."
• "At a P/E of around 23, Indian markets are surely overvalued and investors seem to have taken cognisance of this."
• "For those people pang from nail biting, diseased joy eating addiction, smoking obsession as great as many alternative identical robe problems both cognisance care as great as cognitive behavioural care have been shown to be rarely effective."