Recognise
[rekәgnaiz]
Definition
v.t. to know again: to recollect: to acknowledge: to see the truth of.—adj. Rec′ognisable that may be recognised or acknowledged.—adv. Rec′ognisably in a recognisable manner.—ns. Recog′nisance a recognition: an avowal: a profession: a legal obligation entered into before a magistrate to do or not do some particular act: to enter into recognisances; Rec′ogniser one who recognises; Recogni′tion act of recognising: state of being recognised: recollection: avowal: (Scots law) a return of the feu to the superior.—adjs. Recog′nitive Recog′nitory.
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Examples
- Laura was certainly not chargeable with any exaggeration, in writing me word that I should hardly recognise her aunt again when we met. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She won't recognise my style in that, said Becky. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When the patient has been released in this doubtful manner, and is taken to Mr. Fairlie, does he recognise her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He appeared to recognise me too, by the manner he looked at me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We don't recognise such distinctions here. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Do the servants recognise her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognise him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She recognised him; she greeted him, and yet she was flutteredsurprised, taken unawares. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Jacques Three demanded how he afterwards recognised him then? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But she recognised too well, in her spirit, the mockery of her own impulses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oliver felt such fear come over him when he recognised the place, that, for the instant, he forgot the agony of his wound, and thought only of flight. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If Ellen had consented to come and live with her grandmother it must surely be because she had recognised the impossibility of giving him up. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They passed under a lamp, and he recognised Lawrence Lefferts and a young Chivers. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The man glanced up at him, half inimical, half recognising. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You are not recognising an acquaintance amongst that group of jeunes gens? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Ah, Mr. Lowten,' replied that gentleman, looking round, and recognising his old acquaintance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On recognising him, the fang of the snake Jealousy was instantly broken; because at the same moment my love for Celine sank under an extinguisher. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Recognising his wife's hand, the young man opened the envelope and read: Won't you please come up town as early as you can? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- These were Mr. Wardle, Mr. Pickwick, Mr. Nathaniel Winkle, and Mr. Benjamin Allen, whom he had no difficulty in recognising by their voices. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I would remind you of your lady's existence, sir, which the law recognises, if you do not. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But when they advance quite near to me, I recognise the tall man, and he recognises me. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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