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agnize

agnize verb: to recognise; to acknowledge.

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 agnize

third-person singular presentagnizes
present participleagnizing
past participleagnized
pastagnized
alternative UKagnise

Origin of agnize

Borrowed from Latin agnōscō.

Questions about agnize

What does agnize mean?
Agnize means to recognise; to acknowledge.
What part of speech is agnize?
Agnize is a verb.
What is the past tense of agnize?
The past tense of agnize is agnized.

Words near agnize in the dictionary

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

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