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▪ I. † acknowledge, n. Obs.
[f. aknow, acknow v. + -ledge, after the analogy of knowledge from know.]
Admitted or communicated knowledge, recognition, cognizance.
1548Geste Preuee Masse 91 The Kynges Majestie..hath enforced them to the outward acknowledge therof. a1555Ridley Wks. 332 Before I should make the king's majesty privy unto it and of acknowledge, before the collation of it.
▪ II. acknowledge, v.|ækˈnɒlɪdʒ|
[either from acknowledge n., like the earlier knowledge v. f. knowledge n.; or formed on knowledge v., like aknow on know. There was also an earlier i-knowledge. By 16th c. the earlier vbs. knowledge and a(c)know (exc. in pa. pple.) were obs., and acknowledge took their place. (In this and the kindred words, many pronounce (ˈnəʊlɪdʒ).]
1. To own the knowledge of; to confess; to recognize or admit as true.
1553Latimer in Southey's C.P. Bk. Ser. ii. 55 One man took remorse of conscience, and acknowledged himself to me that he had deceived the king. 1599Shakes. Much Ado i. ii. 13 He loued my niece your daughter, and meant to acknowledge it this night in a dance. 1611― Wint. T. iii. ii. 62 In name of Fault, I must not At all acknowledge. 1611Bible Jer. iii. 13 Acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God. 1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. I. 35, I acknowledge indeed, the necessity of such a proceeding. 1794Sullivan View of Nat. I. 71 The sea, he must acknowledge, is always at the same level. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. iv. i. (1874) 464 Their views of God are acknowledged to be miserably meagre.
2. To recognize or confess (a person or thing to be something);
a. with complement.
b. simply: To recognize (one) to be what he claims; to own the claims or authority of. acknowledge the corn (U.S.): see corn n.1 7.
1481Caxton Myrrour iii. xxiv. 193 In whiche translacion I acknowleche myself symple, rude and ygnoraunt. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. v. i. 322 Thou sham'st to acknowledge me in miserie. 1597― 1 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 111 Through all the Kingdomes that acknowledge Christ. 1611Bible Wisd. xii. 27 They acknowledged him to be the true God, whome before they denyed to know. ― Prov. iii. 6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes. 1651Hobbes Leviathan i. x. 43 He acknowledgeth the power which others acknowledge. 1762Goldsm. Cit. W. (1837) iv. 16 An Englishman is taught to acknowledge no other master than the laws which himself has contributed to enact. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 65 The authority of Theodosius was cheerfully acknowledged by all the inhabitants of the Roman world. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 532 A secret purse from which agents too vile to be acknowledged received hire. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. II. ix. 433 Harold was publicly acknowledged as..the designated successor to the crown.
3. To own as genuine, or of legal force or validity; to own, avow, or assent, in legal form, to (an act, document, etc.) so as to give it validity.
1870Pinkerton Guide to Administr. 48 A release should be acknowledged before proper authority and recorded in the office for recording deeds, etc.
4. To own with gratitude, or as an obligation (a gift, or service rendered). Hence, To acknowledge (the receipt of) a letter.
1667Milton P.L. xi. 612 But they his gifts acknowledg'd none. Mod. To acknowledge the divine goodness in our deliverance. I hope you have properly acknowledged their kindness. These letters have not been acknowledged.
5. To show recognition of (see quot. 1881).
1881Ogilvie (Annandale), Acknowledge, to show recognition by some act, as by a bow, nod, smile, lifting the hat, &c., as a mark of friendship or respect; to salute; as, she met him in the street, but barely acknowledged him. 1886‘Maxwell Gray’ Silence Dean Maitland 163 He acknowledged this compliment with a slight bow. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xx, He thought his greeting was acknowledged. Ibid. xxvi, Robert smiled slightly, acknowledged the bow, but did not speak. |