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   Conscious , a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See Conscience.]
   Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.
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   Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought.
   I. Watts.
   
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   Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.
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   Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt.
   Hawthorne.
   
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   The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing.
   De Quincey.
   
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   Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.
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   With conscious terrors vex me round.
   Milton.
   Syn. -- Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.
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