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(v)
(transitive) To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
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(transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
(transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
(idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
(transitive) To select.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agnize. [(transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.]
(slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
(n)
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
(adj)
(British spelling) Able to be recognised.
Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
An act of identification.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
A verification that something is true or has happened.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
(transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
The act of acknowledging
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
The state or quality of being aware of something.
(transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
In harmony.
(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
(transitive) To pay as tribute.
Characterized by acceptance.
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
An act of admission; an allowing to enter.
(transitive, obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
Verified or ratified.
(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.
(transitive) To include (something) as a part.
(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
(transitive) To praise or acclaim.
Giving or resulting in reward or satisfaction.
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
British standard spelling of emphasize.
(transitive) To view as valuable.
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
The state of being grateful.
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
(transitive) To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To give a reward to or for.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
(transitive) to organize something again, or in a different manner
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
(transitive or intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
(transitive) To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
The act of conveying something.
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
To provide explanation.
(transitive) To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.