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beknowledge

beknowledge verb: to acknowledge.

Verb

beknowledge (third-person singular simple present beknowledges, present participle beknowledging, simple past and past participle beknowledged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To acknowledge.
    • Detected he hath reported a rhyme upon names of sundry men & women in our parish but will not beknowledge who made it nor of whom he had it.1999, Andrew Barrett, Christopher Harrison, Crime and punishment in England: a sourcebook (quoting a much older text)

Forms of beknowledge

third-person singular presentbeknowledges
present participlebeknowledging
past participlebeknowledged
pastbeknowledged

Origin of beknowledge

From be- + knowledge.

Questions about beknowledge

What does beknowledge mean?
Beknowledge means to acknowledge.
What part of speech is beknowledge?
Beknowledge is a verb.
What is the past tense of beknowledge?
The past tense of beknowledge is beknowledged.

Words near beknowledge in the dictionary

  1. beknitting
  2. beknotted
  3. beknottedness
  4. beknow
  5. beknowing
  6. beknowledge
  7. beknown
  8. beknownst
  9. beknows
  10. Bekobod
  11. beks

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