KEN

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]

2.
n.

To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]

3.
n.

To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." Addison 'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. Shak.

4.
v.

To look around. [Obs.] Burton.

5.
n.

Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow. Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South. It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. Trench.

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