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▪ I. recognize, v.1|ˈrɛkəgnaɪz|
Forms: 5 Sc. racwnnis, racunnys, recognis, (6 -eis); 6 recognish(e, -yse, -yce, 6– recognise, -ize.
[a. OF. reconuiss-, recognoiss- etc., stem of reconoistre (mod.F. reconnaître):—L. recognōscĕre to recognosce. The ending was early assimilated to that of verbs in -ise, -ize: cf. note to cognize.]
†1. trans. Sc. Law. = recognosce v. 4. Obs.
1456Burgh. Rec. Peebles (1872) 117 The balyeis has racwnnis the wast land in the North Gat for faut of the Kyngis burroumallis. c1470Henry Wallace iii. 276 His wncle Schir Ranald may mak this band. Gyff he will nocht, racunnys all his land. 1488Acta Dom. Concil. (1839) 103/1 The landis of breþirtoune..recognist bi þe said William erle merschell for alienacioune wtout consent of the owrlord. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 52 (Act Robt. III, c. 2 §3) Provyding that he doe his diligence to repledge his lands, quhilks are recognised fra his overlord.
†2.
a. To look over again; to revise, correct, amend. Obs.
1534Cranmer, etc. Inst. Chr. Man Pref., We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to..your maiestie, to be recognised, ouersene, and corrected. 1539(title) The most sacred Bible,..translated into English, and newly recognised with great diligence..by Rycharde Taverner. 1570Foxe (title) A Sermon of Christ crucified... Newly recognished by the Author. 1605Willet's Hexapla Gen. Printer to Rdr., The author..was absent and could not recognize what was printed. 1631Heylin St. George 95 Being corrected first by Pope Pius Quintus, and after recognised by Clement. 1656― in Extraneus Vapulans 238 Not only to alter their opinions,..but retract and recognize..what they said before. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 25 Several times printed.. recogniz'd and amended by Joachim Camerarius,..1591.
†b. To reconnoitre. Also absol. Obs. rare.
1637Monro Exped. i. 9 In quartering either in village, field or Citie, he ought himselfe to recognize all avenues. 1814Scott Wav. lxv, Neither, as he observed, was he without sentries for the purpose of recognizing.
†c. To go over again, to expound. Obs.—1
1676G. Towerson Decalogue 199 One taketh the book and readeth; another..recogniseth that which is least understood, that is, expoundeth it.
†3.
a. To acknowledge by admission, confession, or avowal; to admit (to oneself or another). Obs.
1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 6 §1 Euery obligacion..shal be sealed with the seale of the partie..that shall recognise or knowledge the same. 1535in Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 27, I thought it expedient for you to write unto his highnes, and to recognise your offence and desire his pardon. 1570Marg. Ascham Ded. Ascham's Scholem. (Arb.) 15 How gladly..he vsed in hys lyfe to recognise and report your goodnesse toward hym. 1633Prynne 1st Pt. Histrio-m. 628 That the minde..might be..occupied in the service of God, in recognizing his benefits. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 204 In honour of God, to avow his dominion paramount over all, to recognize their hold from him, their subsisting by him.
†b. Const. that or with inf., expressing the fact acknowledged. Obs. (common in 16th c.).
1533Henry VIII in St. Papers (1830) I. ii. 392 Ye duely recognysyng, that it becomethe youe not..to enterprise any parte of your saide office. 1535in Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 86 For somuche as your sayd maistershipe..counselled me to recognishe the kynges highnes to be our patrone and ffounder. 1587Holinshed Chron., Irel. II. 61/2 Some adde, that he gaue awaie his kingdoms to the see of Rome for him and his successors, recognising to hold the same of the popes in fee. 1603Dekker & Chettle Grissil (1893) 37, I must recognize and confesse very generouslie..the welsh knight, making a very desperate thrust at my bosome,..fairely mist my imbroydered Ierkin.
†c. Const. for. Obs.—1
1550Bale Image Both Ch. i. v. E v, They worshypped him..and recognysed him for theyr mercyfull Lorde.
4. a. To acknowledge by special notice, approval or sanction; to treat as valid, as having existence or as entitled to consideration; to take notice of (a thing or person) in some way. † Also const. to. Also absol.
1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Private Baptism, Whosoeuer shal confesse the, o lorde; recognise him also in thy kingdome. 1581Savile Tacitus, Hist. (1598) 217 Liuing in some equalitie of alliance, and yet recognizing a superiority. 1705Addison Italy 21 There are Canons Regular,..that will by no means allow it to be the Body of the Saint, nor is it yet recognis'd by the Pope. 1771Junius Lett. lxii. 291 They have been frequently recognised and admitted by parliament. 1792Anecd. W. Pitt III. xlii. 125 As an Englishman..I recognize to the Americans their supreme unalienable right in their property. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. v. 499 The majority of the Council however recognised the suspension. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 290 The only army which the law recognised was the militia. 1891Law Times XCI. 225/1 A contract by a foreigner with a rebel State which has not been internationally recognised. 1974M. Pendyre Breach of Security xxiii. 132 Our customary criteria for recognition are that the government should control the whole country... But..those raving Afro-Asian countries have recognized already. 1977D. Beaty Excellency v. 66 The State Department isn't going to recognize until they do have the details.
b. spec. in U.S. (see quot.).
1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. i. xiii. 187 A recent Speaker,..universally condemned because he had usually ‘recognized’ (i.e. called on in debate) his own friends only.
c. To admit to consideration, or to a status, as being something.
1858Mill Liberty ii. (1865) 22/2 This discipline recognises a knowledge of the enemy's case as beneficial to the teachers. 1874Green Short Hist. v. §3. 228 Wyclif..was.. recognized as first among the school-men of his day.
5. a. To know again; to perceive to be identical with something previously known.
1533[see recognosce v. 1]. 1656Blount Glossogr., Recognize, to call or bring into remembrance,..to know again. 1784Cowper Task ii. 454 The better hand..aids the indebted eye With opera-glass to..recognise the slow-retiring fair. 1801Mrs. Croffts Salvador II. 228 The voice of Dermandoft was recognized by him calling his name. 1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. viii. 180 We know the object as one previously perceived..we recognize it. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 159 Can I..sharpen ear to recognize Sound o'er league and league of silence?
b. To know by means of some distinctive feature; to identify from knowledge of appearance or character.
1725Pope Odyss. i. 415 Then first he recognis'd the æthereal guest. a1822Shelley Triumph Life 283 He pointed to a company, Midst whom I quickly recognised the heirs Of Cæsar's crime. 1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. ii. §2 (1864) 166 The Spice Islands of the Indian Archipelago are recognised far out at sea. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. xiii. 240 Without being able to express accurately all we mean by love, we recognise it when we meet it.
c. To perceive clearly, realize.
1865R. W. Dale Disc. Spec. Occ. (1866) vii. 241 Linnell has made us recognise a new beauty in the heather. 1879G. C. Harlan Eyesight iii. 31 Kepler first recognized the fact that the eye is a camera.
†6. [Cf. v.2]
a. To know again or further. Obs.—1
1563J. Man Musculus Commonpl. 374 b, Wee doe defyne, that God is fyrst to be knowen by nature, Secondly to be recognised by doctrine.
†b. To mark or distinguish again. Obs.—1
1639Fuller Holy War iv. xi. (1647) 187 He required the Crosse should be restored to him again and vowed to eat no bread until he was recognized with the Pilgrims badge.
7. Law.
a. U.S. refl. and intr. To enter into a recognizance.
b. trans. To bind over by a recognizance. ? Obs.
1699Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 563 The said Edward Robinson recognized himself in 300l. 1783Hist. Pelham (Mass.) (1898) 250 Samuel Sampson as principal in behalf of said John recognizes to the Commonwealth in the sum of fifty pounds with sureties. 1809Tyler Rep. I. 148 Mallery was recognised by Justice Seaton to appear in this court.
▪ II. ˈrecognize, v.2 rare.|riːkəgˈnaɪz|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To cognize again.
1875Lewes Probl. Life & Mind Ser. i. II. iii. v. 193 By the aid of Reasoning we are guided in our search, and by it re-cognize known relations under somewhat different attendant circumstances. |