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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
know
n
  1. the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; "he is always in the know"
v
  1. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"
    Synonym(s): know, cognize, cognise
    Antonym(s): ignore
  2. know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
  3. be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
  4. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
  5. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
    Synonym(s): know, experience, live
  6. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
    Synonym(s): acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
  7. have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
  8. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
  9. know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"
  10. be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"
  11. perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
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[84]wan; akin to OHG.
      chn[84]an (in comp.), Icel. kn[84] 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. [bd] If we fear to die, or know not
            to be patient.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Know \Know\, n.
      Knee. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Know \Know\, v. i.
      1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception;
            to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often
            with of.
  
                     Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
                                                                              --Is. i. 3.
  
                     If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
                     doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak
                     of myself.                                          --John vii.
                                                                              17.
  
                     The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of
                     willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.
                                                                              --Tylor.
  
      2. To be assured; to feel confident.
  
      {To know of}, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] [bd] Know of your
            youth, examine well your blood.[b8] --Shak.
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