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Definition of Acknow
1. v. t. To recognize.
Definition of Acknow
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To recognize. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acknow
1. to recognize [v ACKNEW, ACKNOWN or ACKNOWNE, ACKNOWING, ACKNOWS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acknow
Literary usage of Acknow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1843)
"Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknow- ledge us not; thou,
O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer, from everlasting is thy name. ..."
2. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"... a number of gentlemen, equally distinguished by their talents and their
readiness to oblige. Even to the Sleepers of Ephesus, I must express my acknow- ..."
3. Commentaries Upon Martial Law: With Special Reference to Its Regulation and by William Francis Finlason, Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1867)
"... and expounded by the ministers of the Crown, in their comments upon the events
of a recent unhappy rebellion (a) ; and although it has been acknow- ..."
4. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"... on a vant of the tenant in possession, on a Saturday, with an affidavit of
acknow- ... acknow ..."
5. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... they acknow* ledged their own misgovernment, and his majesty's lenity ;
solicited his pardon, and promised constant loyalty and obedience ; and humbly ..."
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