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interknow

interknow verb: to be mutually acquainted with.

Verb

interknow (third-person singular simple present interknows, present participle interknowing, simple past interknew, past participle interknown)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be mutually acquainted with.
    • It is the only instrument by meanes whereof our wils and thoughts are communicated: it is the interpretour of our soules: If that faile us, we hold our selves no more, we enter-know one another no longer.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of interknow

third-person singular presentinterknows
present participleinterknowing
pastinterknew
past participleinterknown
alternative formenter-know

Origin of interknow

From inter- + know.

Questions about interknow

What does interknow mean?
Interknow means to be mutually acquainted with.
What part of speech is interknow?
Interknow is a verb.
What is the past tense of interknow?
The past tense of interknow is interknew.

Words near interknow in the dictionary

  1. interknitting
  2. interknot
  3. interknots
  4. interknotted
  5. interknotting
  6. interknow
  7. interknowledge
  8. interknows
  9. interknuckle
  10. interlabel
  11. interlabial

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