English
Etymology
Prefix a- + know, from Anglo-Saxon oncn�wan
Verb
en-verb|acknows|acknowing|acknew|acknown
- context|transitive|obsolete To recognize.
#*Quotations
#*: You will not be acknown, sir. - Ben Jonson
- context|transitive|obsolete To acknowledge; to confess (often with "of" or "on") - Geoffrey Chaucer.
#*Quotations
#*: 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
Category:English irregular verbs
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