Acknow

Acknow
Acknow Ac*know" ([a^]k*n[=o]"), v. t. [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncn[=a]wan.] 1. To recognize. [Obs.] ``You will not be acknown, sir.'' --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

{To be acknown} (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]


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  • To be acknown — Acknow Ac*know ([a^]k*n[=o] ), v. t. [Pref. a + know; AS. oncn[=a]wan.] 1. To recognize. [Obs.] You will not be acknown, sir. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {To be acknown} (often with of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • acknowledge — ac*knowl edge ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {acknowledged} ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {acknowledging} ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j*[i^]ng).] [Prob. fr. pref. a + the verb knowledge. See {Knowledge}, and cf. {Acknow}.] 1. To own or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acknowledged — acknowledge ac*knowl edge ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {acknowledged} ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {acknowledging} ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j*[i^]ng).] [Prob. fr. pref. a + the verb knowledge. See {Knowledge}, and cf. {Acknow}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acknowledging — acknowledge ac*knowl edge ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {acknowledged} ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {acknowledging} ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j*[i^]ng).] [Prob. fr. pref. a + the verb knowledge. See {Knowledge}, and cf. {Acknow}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • To be aknow — Aknow Ak*now Earlier form of {Acknow}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {To be aknow}, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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