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Beknow

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Verb
  1. 1
    To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about. transitive

    "At length Alkimedon, his friend and comrade, right beknew it; [...]"

  2. 2
    To acknowledge; own; confess. transitive

    "For vnto the no nombre can be layd for to preſcrybe remiſſions off offence In hertes retornd, as thow thy ſellff haſt ſayd. And I, beknow my Fawt my neclegence [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English beknowen, biknowen, from Old English becnāwan (“to know, know about”), equivalent to be- + know. Cognate with Old High German bichnāan (“to recognise, see”).

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