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To recognize. [Obs.] "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.

mit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

Confessedly.

One who acknowledges.

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. "An acknowledgment of fault." Froude.

To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South.

One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden.

The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something The too easy admission of doctrines. Macaulay.

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

Received as true or valid; acknowledged. -- Ad*mit"ted*ly adv.

Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton.

To recognize; to acknowledge. [Archaic] I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak.

Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.] To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]

real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition. I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible. Thackeray.

Acknowledgment. The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. Shak.

In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.

To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter. To apologize for his insolent language. Froude.

An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

rd or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.