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rec⋅og⋅nize
[rek-uh
g-nahyz] 
–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz⋅ing.
| 1. | to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him. |
| 2. | to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics: I recognized him from the description. They recognized him as a fraud. |
| 3. | to perceive as existing or true; realize: to be the first to recognize a fact. |
| 4. | to acknowledge as the person entitled to speak at a particular time: The Speaker recognized the Congressman from Maine. |
| 5. | to acknowledge formally as entitled to treatment as a political unit: The United States promptly recognized Israel. |
| 6. | to acknowledge or accept formally a specified factual or legal situation: to recognize a successful revolutionary regime as the de facto government of the country. |
| 7. | to acknowledge or treat as valid: to recognize a claim. |
| 8. | to acknowledge acquaintance with, as by a greeting, handshake, etc. |
| 9. | to show appreciation of (achievement, service, merit, etc.), as by some reward, public honor, or the like. |
| 10. | Law. to acknowledge (an illegitimate child) as one's own. |
| 11. | Biochemistry, Immunology. to bind with, cleave, or otherwise react to (another substance) as a result of fitting its molecular shape or a portion of its shape. |
Also, especially British, rec⋅og⋅nise.
Origin:
1425–75; recogn(ition) + -ize; r. late ME racunnysen, recognisen < OF reconuiss-, s. of reconuistre < L recognōscere, equiv. to re- re- + cognōscere to know 1 ; see cognition
1425–75; recogn(ition) + -ize; r. late ME racunnysen, recognisen < OF reconuiss-, s. of reconuistre < L recognōscere, equiv. to re- re- + cognōscere to know 1 ; see cognition
Related forms:
rec⋅og⋅niz⋅a⋅ble [rek-uhg-nahy-zuh-buhl, rek-uhg-nahy-] , adjective
[rek-uhg-nahy-zuh-buhl, rek-uhg-nahy-] , adjective rec⋅og⋅niz⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
rec⋅og⋅niz⋅a⋅bly, adverb
rec⋅og⋅niz⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
3. acknowledge, appreciate, understand, grant, concede.
3. acknowledge, appreciate, understand, grant, concede.
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