"recognize" Definition

Definitions for the word "recognize" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To review; to reexamine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To reconnoiter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
(also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 identify as already known. 2 realize or discover the nature of. 3 (foll. By that) realize or admit. 4 acknowledge the existence, validity, character, or claims of. 5 show appreciation of; reward. 6 (foll. By as, for) treat. recognizable adj. [latin recognosco]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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