acknow

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 2 Middle English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb

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From Middle English

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to acknow (third-person singular simple present acknows, present participle acknowing, simple past acknew, past participle acknown)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
   • You will not be acknown, sir. - Ben Jonson
2. (transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; to confess (often with "of" or "on")
   • 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 Thomas More

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Prefix a- + know, from Old English oncnāwan

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acknow

1. (transitive) To acknowledge; to confess (often with "of" or "on") - Geoffrey Chaucer.