From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Know \Know\ (n[=o]), noun Knee. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Know \Know\ (n[=o]), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Knew} (n[=u]); p. p. {Known} (n[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn["a]wan; akin to OHG. chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn["a] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw'skein, Skr. jn[=a]; fr. the root of E. can, verb (used without an object), ken. [root]45. See {Ken}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Acquaint}, {Cognition}, {Gnome}, {Ignore}, {Noble}, {Note}.]
1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak.
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. --Dryden.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. --Matt. vil. 16.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him. --Luke xxiv. 31.
To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead. --Flatman.
5. To have sexual intercourse with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv. 1.
Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.
And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John xi. 42.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir W. Scott.
In other hands I have known money do good. --Dickens.
{To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. '' If we fear to die, or know not to be patient.'' --Jer. Taylor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Know \Know\, verb (used without an object)
1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. --Is. i. 3.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. --John vii. 17.
The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn. --Tylor.
2. To be assured; to feel confident.
{To know of}, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] '' Know of your youth, examine well your blood.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" [syn: {cognize}, {cognise}] [ant: {ignore}]
2: know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
3: be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
4: be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
5: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: {experience}, {live}]
6: accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" [syn: {acknowledge}, {recognize}, {recognise}]
7: have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
8: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: {roll in the hay}, {love}, {make out}, {make love}, {sleep with}, {get laid}, {have sex}, {do it}, {be intimate}, {have intercourse}, {have it away}, {have it off}, {screw}, {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff}, {hump}, {lie with}, {bed}, {have a go at it}, {bang}, {get it on}, {bonk}]
9: know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"
10: be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"
11: perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" [also: {known}, {knew}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "know": absorb, account, acquaintance, aller sans dire, announcement, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, associate with, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be axiomatic, be certain, be cognizant of, be confident, be conscious of, be conversant with, be exposed to, be friends, be informed, be inseparable, be subjected to, be told, be with one, bet on, blue book, briefing, bulletin, catch, catch on, cognize, communication, communique, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, cotton to, data, datum, difference, differentiate, dig, digest, directory, discern, discriminate, dispatch, distinguish, doubt not, encounter, endure, enlightenment, evidence, experience, extricate, facts, factual information, familiarization, fathom, feel, feel sure, follow, fraternize with, gamble on, gen, general information, get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, get wind of, go through, go without saying, grasp, guidebook, handout, hard information, have, have information about, have it taped, have knowledge of, have no doubt, have the facts, hear, hear tell of, hearsay, hit it off, hobnob with, identify, incidental information, info, information, instruction, intelligence, just know, ken, know again, know for certain, know well, knowledge, labor under, learn, light, make out, master, meet, meet up with, meet with, mention, message, nail, notice, notification, overhear, pass through, pay, peg, perceive, place, possess, prehend, presentation, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, read, realize, recall, recall knowledge of, recognize, recollect, reidentify, release, remember, report, rest assured, run up against, savor, savvy, see, see through, seize, seize the meaning, sense, separate, sever, severalize, sidelight, spend, spot, stand under, statement, suffer, sustain, take, take in, taste, tell, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, transmission, undergo, understand, white book, white paper, word, wot, wot of
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