reknown

Noun

renown (usually uncountable, plural renowns)

1. (usually) Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
   • She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609...
2. (obsolete, usually) Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.
   • […] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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Verb

reknow (third-person singular simple present reknows, present participle reknowing, simple past reknew, past participle reknown)

1. To know again; to relearn or understand anew.
   • The teacher’s special function is to lead the pupil to reknow these elements, and by thought to attain the desired knowledge.1885 November, E. E. White, “The Philosophy of Teaching”, in The Illinois School Journal, volume 5, number 7, page 160