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acknown

acknown verb: recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized.

Verb

acknown

  1. (obsolete) Recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized
    • Three years in his employment a secret agent in the Post Office Department, who obtained for him the first knowledge of the star route frauds, and placed it at his disposal before it Acknown to be suspected by either the public or the Government.1883 June 4, “Imprudent Mr. Hendricks”, in New York Times (Features), New York
  2. (obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
    • Be not acknown on't: I have use for it.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about acknown

What does acknown mean?
Acknown means recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized.
What part of speech is acknown?
Acknown is a verb.

Words near acknown in the dictionary

  1. acknowledging the corn
  2. acknowledgings
  3. acknowledgment
  4. acknowledgments
  5. acknowlege
  6. acknown
  7. acknowne
  8. acknows
  9. Ackroyd
  10. acks
  11. ackshly

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