Conscious \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)