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/rˈɛkəgnˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Recognize v. t. (past & past part. recognized; pres. part. recognizing) (Written also recognise)

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. "Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen."

To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.

To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

To review; to reexamine. (Obs.)

To reconnoiter. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See Acknowledge.

Recognize v. i. (Written also recognise) (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. Note: In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.

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"Recognize" Quotes from Famous Books

... was, and more too," said Molly. "He made up half of that, and the other half he exaggerated so that it couldn't recognize itself, if ...

— Half a Dozen Girls • Anna Chapin Ray

... From them can be answered all questions, for now we have passed that most difficult of all points, the relation of father to child in the animal world, and everything else can be explained through the knowledge already gained. The well-taught child will recognize the justice and necessity for the existing processes of life. He will realize their deep meaning, their far-reaching influence, and their tremendous importance in preserving upon the earth the multitudes of living forms that ...

— The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young • Margaret Warner Morley

... of humanity ought to be acquainted. Its interest, I need hardly urge, extends far beyond the pale of the medical profession, and no one who has reason to desire for friend or relative the kindly care or the skilful treatment required for a disordered mind, can do otherwise than wish gratefully to recognize those who, during well-nigh a century, have laboured to make this care and this treatment what they ...

— Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles • Daniel Hack Tuke

... believe he was afraid to). Antigone must have noticed that, and she must have understood the meaning of it. I know she never spoke to him about anything that Burton did. She must have felt he couldn't bear it. Anyhow, he wasn't going to recognize Burton's existence as a novelist; it was as if he thought his silence could extinguish him. But he knew all about Burton's critical work; there was his splendid "Essay on Ford Lankester"; he couldn't ignore or disparage ...

— The Return of the Prodigal • May Sinclair

... realizing what I was doing, I pulled at the bell of the Dolzhikovs' gate, broke it, and ran along the street like some naughty boy, with a feeling of terror in my heart, expecting every moment that they would come out and recognize me. When I stopped at the end of the street to take breath I could hear nothing but the sound of the rain, and somewhere in the distance a watchman striking ...

— The Chorus Girl and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

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