Recognized
['rekəg'naɪzd] or ['rɛkəg'naɪzd]
Definition
(adj.) provided with a secure reputation; 'a recognized authority' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Recognize
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Examples
- And don't blame me, growled the convict I had recognized. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Social responsibility for the use of time and personal capacity is more generally recognized than it used to be. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They have bee n recognized as fundamental from antiquity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When they were come to their houses, they recognized them, albeit they seemed old and mean; and they rejoiced, and were glad. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was a recognized principle of the Society freely to admit men of different religions, countries, professions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Machiavelli recognized Lorenzo the Magnificent; Marx, the proletariat of Europe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He counted the dead and the wounded and he recognized Sordo's automatic rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- At last, in this coarse garb we wear, she recognized him in the street. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The extra work which is thrown upon the nervous system through seeing, reading, writing, and sewing with defective eyes is recognized by all physicians as an important cause of disease. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He came and went, spoke or was silent, and she rarely recognized his existence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He recognized Venn as his companion on the highway, but made no remark on that circumstance, merely saying, Ah, reddleman--you here? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- What were my feelings, when I recognized my own flowers; the identical Covent Garden Market purchase! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It has been universally recognized as one of the most valuable inventions in the history of the lighting art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My marriage being thus solemnly recognized at the family altar, I have no further trouble on that score. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Here you saw the sweet azure of blue-bells, and recognized in pearl-white blossoms, spangling the grass, a humble type of some starlit spot in space. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hence it is not surprising that men have not recognized its full scope. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Fellows recognized that the mental powers a re raised to a higher degree in company than in solitude. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On its being mentioned, I recognized it, however, and said as much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He recognized the friends the instant they reappeared, but their reappearance had no effect on his composure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Davy recognized and explained the beneficial fertilizing effects of ammonia, and analysed and explained numerous fertilizers, including guano. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These are but typical of hundreds of men who could be named who have risen from work at the key to become recognized leaders in differing spheres of activity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They superseded wood engravings, which for years has been the recognized medium for illustrations to print on a type printing press. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Accordingly, recognized procedures indicate to the physician what inquiries to set on foot for himself, what measures to try. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The brief instant in which I had seen and recognized Carthoris before the chain fell must have been ample to check the force of the blow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Imagine, then, my feelings when in the seaman who came to us I recognized instantly the man who had been picked off the wreck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Raymond recognized her; and his manner changed from polite beneficence to the warmest protestations of kindness and sympathy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So, no matter how many names and addresses are written--fifty or a million--the addressograph, like the telephone or typewriter, has come to be recognized as a modern business necessity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Eva joyously pointed out the various spires, domes, and way-marks, by which she recognized her native city. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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