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1,660 words match “KNOW”

BEKNOW v.
To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISACKNOWLEDGE v.
To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South.
FOREKNOW v.
To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden.
FOREKNOWABLE a.
That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.
FOREKNOWER n.
One who foreknows.
FOREKNOWINGLY adv.
With foreknowledge. He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor.
FOREKNOWLEDGE n.
Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
INTERKNOW v.
To know mutually. [Obs.]
INTERKNOWLEDGE n.
Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. [Obs.] Bacon.
MISKNOW v.
To have a mistaken notion of or about. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
OVERKNOWING a.
Too knowing or too cunning.
PREKNOWLEDGE n.
Prior knowledge.
SELF-KNOWING a. 2 definitions
Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE n.
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
UNBEKNOWN a.
Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
UNKNOW v. 3 definitions
To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of. [Obs.]
UNKNOWLEDGED a.
Not acknowledged or recognized. [Obs.] For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson.
UNKNOWN a.
Not known; not apprehended. -- Un*known"ness, n. [R.] Camden.
WELL-KNOWN a.
Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. A church well known with a well-known rite. M. Arnold.
A POSTERIORI n.
Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
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