beknow

Verb

beknow (third-person singular simple present beknows, present participle beknowing, simple past beknew, past participle beknown)

1. (transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
   • At length Alkimedon, his friend and comrade, right beknew it; [...]1856, Homer, Francis William Newman, The Iliad of Homer
   • Do not think my reverend father that I am beknowing to all the affairs of the savages, there is a great deal wanting: they come to us about the affairs of their conscience, but as to the rest they consult us but little.1859, United States Congress, Congressional edition - Page 354
2. (transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
   • For vnto the no nombre can be layd
     for to preſcrybe remiſſions off offence
     In hertes retornd, as thow thy ſellff haſt ſayd.
     And I, beknow my Fawt my neclegence [...]c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 93r