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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ken \Ken\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Kenned} (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be able, {Know}.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] ''We ken them from afar.'' --Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ken
noun
1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken" [syn: {cognizance}]
2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: {sight}] [also: {kent}, {kenning}, {kenned}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
kenned See {ken}
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