knowing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knowing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knowing adj evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)] characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" Synonym(s): intentional, knowing alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on" Synonym(s): knowledgeable, knowing highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" Synonym(s): knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read n a clear and certain mental apprehension
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]:
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. [bd] In my knowing.[b8] --Shak. This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. --Shak.