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English Dictionary: recognize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for recognize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recognize v 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 be fully aware or cognizant of Synonym(s): recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" Synonym(s): spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart perceive to be the same Synonym(s): recognize, recognise grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" Synonym(s): accredit, recognize, recognise express greetings upon meeting someone Synonym(s): greet, recognize, recognise express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" Synonym(s): acknowledge, recognize, recognise exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" Synonym(s): recognize, recognise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recognize \Rec"ognize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recognized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recognizing}.] [From {Recognizance}; see {Cognition}, and cf. {Reconnoiter}.] [Written also {recognise}.] 1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. Speak, vassal; recognize* thy sovereign queen. --Harte. 2. 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. 3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like. 4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial. 5. To review; to re[89]xamine. [Obs.] --South. 6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] --R. Monro. Syn: To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See {Acknowledge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recognize \Rec"og*nize\, v. i. (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A, B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written also {recognise}.] Note: In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.