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Definition recognize

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna.

Verb

recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (North American and Oxford British spelling)

1. (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
2. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
3. (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realize or admit that.
5. (transitive) To give an award. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6. To show appreciation of.
7. (obsolete) To review; to examine again.
8. (obsolete) To reconnoiter.
9. (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ cognize.

Verb

recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (North American and Oxford British spelling)

1. to cognize again

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