Acknowledge
[ək'nɒlɪdʒ] or [ək'nɑlɪdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; 'The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne'; 'We do not recognize your gods'.
(verb.) accept as legally binding and valid; 'acknowledge the deed'.
(verb.) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; 'We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us'.
(verb.) report the receipt of; 'The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper'.
Typist: Marvin--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
(v. t.) To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(v. t.) To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.
(v. t.) To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
Typist: Sadie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Recognize, take cognizance of, be aware of, hold in remembrance.[2]. Admit, grant, concede, allow, accept, indorse, subscribe to, agree to.[3]. Confess, own, avow, profess.[4]. Express gratitude for, give thanks for.[5]. Own or admit the validity of.
Checker: Prudence
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Avow, admit, recognize, own, accept, profess, endorse, grant, concede, concern
ANT:Disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate, ignore, deny
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Definition
v.t. to own a knowledge of: to own as true: to confess: to admit or give intimation of the receipt of.—adj. Acknow′ledgeable.—adv. Acknow′ledgeably.—n. Acknowledgment recognition: admission: confession: thanks: a receipt.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.
Typist: Waldo
Examples
- He described her ladyship as willing to acknowledge that she had spoken over-hastily. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What can I do more than tell you all I know, and acknowledge my ignorance of all I don't know! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I acknowledge all her charms and feel none of them, or only feel them in a way she would disdain. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, however, I shall so far do justice to this part of the Academy, as to acknowledge that all of them were not so visionary. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I could not but acknowledge this to be true. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They refuse to acknowledge me as their son, and yet they attempt to keep me shut up here by force. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This expense, however, it must be acknowledged, is more moderate in Great Britain than in most other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It estranged Rawdon from his wife more than he knew or acknowledged to himself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All was acknowledged, and half the night spent in conversation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- We acknowledged--did we not? Plato. The Republic.
- To Elizabeth, however, he voluntarily acknowledged that the necessity of his absence _had_ been self-imposed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Each interest is acknowledged as a kind of fixed institution to which something in the course of study must correspond. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Each acknowledges the perfection of the polarised sex-circuit. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She scarcely acknowledges these parting words by any look, but when he has been gone a little while, she rings her bell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He acknowledges that it is his, and declares that he had lost it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet he acknowledges that riches have the advantage of placing men above the temptation to dishonesty or falsehood. Plato. The Republic.
- He declares that he never heard of the Moonstone; and his bankers' receipt acknowledges nothing but the deposit of a valuable of great price. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Fleetwood acknowledges, upon one occasion, that he had made this mistake. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As we neared home, Joe vaguely acknowledging the occasion as an impressive and ceremonious one, went on ahead to open the front door. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- By humbly and frankly acknowledging yourself to be in the wrong, there is no knowing, my son, what good you may do. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But acknowledging his guest to be such a good fellow as has seldom graced his board, the holy man at length produces the best his cell affords. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And yet you were acknowledging a little while ago that knowledge is not the same as opinion? Plato. The Republic.
- Edward seemed a second Willoughby; and acknowledging as Elinor did, that she HAD loved him most sincerely, could she feel less than herself! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She returned it almost instantly, acknowledging the likeness. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But while acknowledging their value in education, he sees also that they have no connexion with our higher moral and intellectual ideas. Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Glenn