Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cognition

Cognition , noun

[Latin cognitio, from cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, transitive verb]

1.
The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. — Shakespeare
2.
That which is known.