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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Know \Know\, v. t. [imp. {Knew}; p. p. {Known}; p. pr & vb n. {Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS cn["a]wan; akin to OHG. chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn["a] to be able, Russ, znate to know L. gnoscere noscere Gr ?, Skr. jn?; fr the root of E. can, v. i., ken. (?). See {Ken}, {Can} to be able, and cf {Acquaint}, {Cognition}, {Gnome}, {Ignore}, {Noble}, {Note}.] 1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of as to know one's duty. O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak. There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it --Dryden. Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow. 2. To be convinced of the truth of to be fully assured of as to know things from information. 3. To be acquainted with to be no stranger to to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of to possess experience of as to know an author; to know the rules of an organization. He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton. 4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of as to know a person's face or figure. Ye shall know them by their fruits. --Matt. vil. 16. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him --Luke xxiv. 31. To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak. At nearer view he thought he knew the dead. --Flatman. 5. To have sexual commerce with And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv 1. Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc And I knew that thou hearest me always --John xi 42. The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir W. Scott. In other hands I have known money do good. --Dickens. {To know how}, to understand the manner, way or means to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. `` If we fear to die, or know not to be patient.'' --Jer. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knowing \Know"ing\, a. 1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as a knowing man; a knowing dog. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. --South. 2. Artful; cunning; as a knowing rascal. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knowing \Know"ing\, n. Knowledge; hence experience. `` In my knowing.'' --Shak. This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knowing adj 1: evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: {wise(p)}, {wise to(p)}] 2: by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" [syn: {deliberate}, {intentional}, {willful}, {wilful}] 3: alert and fully informed; "politically aware"; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "the most...technically aware of the novelists under thirty"- W.S.Graham; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on" [syn: {aware(p)}, {knowledgeable}] 4: highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: {enlightened}, {knowledgeable}, {learned}, {lettered}, {well-educated}, {well-read}] n : clear and certain mental apprehension
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