agnize

[ag-nahyz, ag-nahyz]

ag·nize

[ag-nahyz, ag-nahyz]
verb (used with object), ag·nized, ag·niz·ing. Archaic.
to recognize; acknowledge; own.
Also, especially British, ag·nise.


Origin:
1525–35; < Latin agn(ōscere) to recognize (a(d)- ad- + (g)nōscere to come to know, equivalent to gnō- know + -scere -esce) + -ize, modeled on cognize, recognize
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agnize

verb
be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize
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