acknow
English
/əkˈnəʊ/, /əkˈnoʊ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To recognize.
- (transitive) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aknowen inherited from Old English ācnāwan prefix from English know.
Origin
English
know
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allorecognize English
- beknow English
- derecognize English
- foreknow English
- immunorecognize English
- interknow English
- know English
- know-it-all English
- knowability English
- knowable English
- knowbie English
- knowbot English
- knower English
- knowest English
- knoweth English
- knowsome English
- misrecognize English
- recognin English
- recognizability English
- recognizable English
- recognization English
- recognize English
- recognizee English
- recognizer English
- underrecognize English
- unknow English
- unknowable English
- unrecognizable English
- unrecognize English
- whaddayaknow English
- you-know-what English
- you-know-who English
- oncnāwan Old English
- ācnāwan Old English
- aknowen Middle English
- knowen Middle English
- reconoistre Old French
- know
- knower
- unknow
- beknow
- knoweth
- knowbie
- knowbot
- knowest
- knowsome
- foreknow
- knowable
- recognin
- interknow
- recognize
- unknowable
- recognizer
- recognizee
- knowability
- unrecognize
- know-it-all
- derecognize
- whaddayaknow
- misrecognize
- recognizable
- you-know-who
- recognization
- allorecognize
- you-know-what
- unrecognizable
- underrecognize
- recognizability
- immunorecognize