a. [ L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See Conscience. ]
Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
With conscious terrors vex me round. Milton.
adv. In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or “ego” of its acts and affections; -- in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
And, when the steam
Which overflowed the soul had passed away,
A consciousness remained that it had left.
. . . images and precious thoughts
That shall not die, and can not be destroyed. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unconscious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Loose; lascivious. [ Obs. ] “To depaint lascious wantonness.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. Lush, Lusty. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. multiscius; multus much + scius knowing, fr. scire to know. ] Having much or varied knowledge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. omniscius. See Omniscient. ] All-knowing. [ Obs. ] Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Excessively luscious. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praescius; prae before + scius knowing, fr. scire to know. ] Foreknowing; having foreknowledge;
a. [ L. scius. ] Knowing; having knowledge. “Brutes may be and are scious.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The quality or state of being self-conscious. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind in which perception and other mental processes occur without distinct consciousness. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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n. (Psychoanalysis) Usually
the unconscious; that part of the mind in which mental processes occur that are not accesible to the awareness, but may significantly influence behavior. [ PJC ]
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