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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Recognize

Rē·c'og-nize, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. RECOGNIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECOGNIZING.] [Fr. reconnaître, O. Fr. recognostre, Pr. recognoscer, Sp. reconoscer, reconocer, Pg. reconhecer, It. riconoscere, Lat. recognoscere, from re, again, and cognoscere, to know. See COGNITION.] [Written also recognise.]

Sense 1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. Harte.

Sense 2. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, and the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

Sense 3. To review; to re-examine. South.

Synonyms—To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Rec'og-nīze, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. (Law.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty pounds. ☞ In legal usage in the United States, the second syllable is usually accented.