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.
