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agnise

agnise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agnize.

Meaning of agnize

Verb

agnize (third-person singular simple present agnizes, present participle agnizing, simple past and past participle agnized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To recognise; to acknowledge.
    • I do agnisz / A natural and prompt alacrity / I find in hardness.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...

Forms of agnise

third-person singular presentagnises
present participleagnising
past participleagnised
pastagnised

Questions about agnise

What is agnise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Agnise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of agnize.

Words near agnise in the dictionary

  1. Agnews
  2. AGNi
  3. agnihotra
  4. agnihotras
  5. Agnihotri
  6. agnise
  7. agnised
  8. agnises
  9. agnising
  10. agnition
  11. agnize

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