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agnition

agnition noun: acknowledgement.

Noun

agnition (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
    • [Jesus] was borne in Bethlem a City of Juda: where incontinent by the glorification of the Angels, the agnition of the Shepeherds, the veneration of the wiſe men, the prophecy of holy Simeon, and the admiration of the Doctours, he was had in honour.1569, Richard Grafton, “The Seuenth Age, and Seuenth Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for...

Origin of agnition

From Latin agnitio, from agnoscere. See notion.

Questions about agnition

What does agnition mean?
Agnition means acknowledgement.
What part of speech is agnition?
Agnition is a noun.

Words near agnition in the dictionary

  1. Agnihotri
  2. agnise
  3. agnised
  4. agnises
  5. agnising
  6. agnition
  7. agnize
  8. agnized
  9. agnizes
  10. agnizing
  11. Agno

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