acknow Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ac*know" transitive verb

Etymology

Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnawan.

Definitions

1. To recognize. Obs. "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.
2. To acknowledge; to confess. Obs. Chaucer.

   We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Sir T. More.