单词 | to be beknown |
释义 | > as lemmasto be beknown 4. to be beknown: to be aware or conscious of anything; hence, to avow, confess. Used like acknow v. 3, 4, but rarer. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (intransitive)] to be beknowna1300 acknowc1300 knowledgec1384 knowa1400 confess1587 subscribea1616 own1772 testify1785 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1905 Þan was noe wel be-knauin Þat þe flode it was wit-drauin. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. x. 90 I am byknowen and confesse..þat god is ryȝt worþi abouen alle þinges. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle i. xv. 11 I am byknowe that I haue done amys. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1627 Qwho that is of an of thir byknow. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. 694 If they aske the any thyng of me, be not be knowen that I am in the toune. < as lemmas |
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