01 v. t. To recognize.
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1.
To recognize.[Obs.]
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2.
To acknowledge; to confess.[Obs.]“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.
Phrases & compounds
To be acknown —
to acknowledge; to confess.