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 ]