beknow
Verb
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Verb
beknow (beknows, present participle beknowing; past beknew, past participle beknown)
- (transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.
- 1856, Homer, Francis William Newman, The Illiad of Homer:
- At length Alkimedon, his friend and comrade, right beknew it; [...]
- 1888, The Argosy: Volume 46:
- [...] when I went bolt into his dressing-room, not beknowing he was in it — why it is not likely, sir, that he comes again.
- 1856, Homer, Francis William Newman, The Illiad of Homer:
- (transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
- 1831, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The poetical works of Sir Thomas Wyatt:
- For unto Thee no number can be laid For to prescribe remissions of offence In hearts returned, as thou thyself hast said; And I beknow my fault, my negligence: [...]
- 1831, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The poetical works of Sir Thomas Wyatt:
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