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erties. To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.

Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. "Auricular assurance." Shak.

dy, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate ~), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.

Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs. Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. Cowper.

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of. If a suit be begun before an archdeacon. Ayliffe.

A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

selves be bevel. Shak. A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90º. -- Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. Knight.

d unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.

Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

ack color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper.

An arcograph.

of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.

llowers became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or institutions which they believed contrary to the kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of political rights.

A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.

A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.

ke or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [comfits]. Cogan.