ACKNOWLEDGE, ACKNOWLEDGED, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ADJECTIVES
► AGNIZED acknowledged, recognized → 1834 obs.
► AVOWED acknowledged, plainly declared, admitted → 1340
NOUNS
► AGNITION an acknowledgement; the act of acknowledging or recognizing something; a recognition → 1425
► BEKNOWLEDGING acknowledgement, confession → 1340 obs.
► BETHANK acknowledgement, thanks, indebtedness → 1826 Sc.
► DAP acknowledgement, credit, respect, self-awareness → 1970 African-American sl.
► KNOWLEDGEMENT acknowledgement → 1574 obs.
► KNOWLEDGING acknowledgement, confession; formal acknowledgement → 1225 obs.
► KNOWNESS acknowledgement → 1200 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
► KNOWLEDGER a person who acknowledges or recognizes someone or something → 1382 obs.
VERBS
► ACK to acknowledge a letter, etc. → 1984 Brit. clerical usage, orig. Civil Service
► ACKNOW ► AKNOW to acknowledge, to admit or show one’s knowledge, to confess → 1000 obs.
► AGNITE to acknowledge or recognize in some capacity → 1694 obs.
► AGNIZE to acknowledge or acknowledge in some capacity → 1535 obs.
► BEKNOW to acknowledge, to admit one’s knowledge of; to confess; to understand → 1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BEKNOWLEDGE to acknowledge → 1340 obs.
► FESS to acknowledge, to profess → 1953 Amer. dial.
► KEN to acknowledge, to make known, to declare, to confess → 975 obs.
► KNOWLEDGE to acknowledge, to admit to knowledge of; to accept or admit the existence or truth of → 1225 obs.
► MISCOGNIZE to fail to acknowledge or appreciate; to misunderstand → 1603 obs.
► SHELL DOWN THE CORN to acknowledge one’s error → 1869 Amer. dial.
► TAKE TO to acknowledge; to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to a bargain → 1790 Eng. dial.
► YATE to acknowledge, to confess → 1200 obs.