Definitions for: Conscious


[adj] knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"
[adj] intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"



Webster (1913) Definition: Con"scious, a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know.
See Conscience.]
1. Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or
mental operations.

Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a
power of thought. --I. Watts.

2. Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious
experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware;
sensible.

Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none
could have been felt. --Hawthorne.

The man who breathes most healthilly is least
conscious of his own breathing. --De Quincey.

3. Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as,
conscious guilt.

With conscious terrors vex me round. --Milton.

Syn: Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.

Synonyms: alert, awake(p), intended, self-conscious, semiconscious, sentient, witting

Antonyms: unconscious

See Also: aware(p), sensible, sensitive, voluntary

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