ACKNOW
Etymology
Verb
acknow (third-person singular simple present acknows, present participle acknowing, simple past acknew, past participle acknown)
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
Anagrams
• Nowack
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*know", v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnawan.]
1. To recognize. [Obs.] "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.
2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] Chaucer. To be acknown (often
with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his
fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be
acknown of his fault. Sir T. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition