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Conscious

adjective

Intentionally conceived. Synonym: witting. "A conscious policy"

Knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts. "Conscious of his faults" , "Became conscious that he was being followed" Antonym: unconscious.

(followed by 'of') showing realization or recognition of something. "Conscious of having succeeded" , "The careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"

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"Conscious" Quotes from Famous Books

... man has, if it is strong enough, the power to reject death. He was not in the least conscious of the exercise of this power; he only knew that a great and absorbing interest had suddenly arisen in him, and that a great aim stood before him—the recovery ...

— The Blue Lagoon - A Romance • H. de Vere Stacpoole

... more eventful period in the history of woman than that in which she first becomes conscious that the existence of another being is dependent upon her own, and that she carries about with her the first tiny rudiments of ...

— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous

... her best to walk quietly, although this was next to impossible, for the quills in her tail would rustle, no matter how carefully she walked, when she suddenly became conscious of a tall, dark form coming towards her. She knew well enough what that was. It was a man, and anything in the shape of a man had to be most carefully ...

— Rataplan • Ellen Velvin

... and sallow; his features singularly delicate and refined; his forehead high, but somewhat narrow, and crossed with lines of thought; his mien composed, modest, but not without calm self-confidence. Amongst that assembly of soldiers, noiseless, self-collected, and conscious of his surpassing power over swords and ...

— Harold, Complete - The Last Of The Saxon Kings • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... saw. His intuitions led him. He spoke, not as a lover of a certain social and political system, but as a discerner of spirits. The poet is not his best as a planned philosophizer; for in that role he becomes self-conscious; but is at his best when the wheel of his burning spirit, revolving as the planets do, throws off sparks or streams of fire. To the accuracy of this observation witness both Browning and Tennyson. When they were "possessed," as the Delphic oracle would say, they marched toward truth like ...

— A Hero and Some Other Folks • William A. Quayle

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