verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of recognize form-of, gerund, participle, present

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acknowledgeacceptaccreditaccreditacknowledgeadmit

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"The art of recognizing matsutake mushrooms became my passion, culminating in my writing a book on it."

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