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KEN
sight, ken
(noun) the range of vision; “out of sight of land”
cognizance, ken
(noun) range of what one can know or understand; “beyond my ken”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Ken
A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
(colloquial) Kensington in London (in combinations, e.g. South Ken, High Street Ken).
Anagrams
• nek
Etymology 1
Verb
ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kenned)
(obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
Etymology 2
Verb
ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kent or kenned)
(transitive, mostly, Scotland) To know, perceive or understand.
(obsolete, mostly, Scotland) To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.
Noun
ken (uncountable)
Knowledge, perception, or sight.
(nautical) Range of sight.
Usage notes
In common usage a fossil word, found only in the phrase beyond one’s ken.
Coordinate terms
• (nautical range of sight): offing
Etymology 3
Noun
ken (plural kens)
(slang, UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.
Etymology 4
Noun
ken (plural kens)
A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus
Anagrams
• nek
Source: Wiktionary
Ken, n. Etym: [Perh. from kennel.]
Definition: A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]
Ken, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned; p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] Etym: [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. sq. root45. 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.
Ken, v. i.
Definition: To look around. [Obs.] Burton.
Ken, n.
Definition: Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." Longfellow. Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South. It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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