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   Know , n. Knee. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Know , v. t. [imp. Knew ; p. p. Known ; p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cnäwan; akin to OHG. chnäan (in comp.), Icel. knä to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. γιγηώσκειν, Skr. jnā; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. √45.  See Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]
   To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
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   O, that a man might know
   The end of this day's business ere it come!
   Shak.
   
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   There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.
   Dryden.
   
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   Know how sublime a thing it is
   To suffer and be strong.
   Longfellow.
   
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   To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
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   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.
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   He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
   2 Cor. v. 21.
   
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   Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.
   Milton.
   
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   To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
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   Ye shall know them by their fruits.
   Matt. vil. 16. 
   
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   And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
   Luke xxiv. 31.
   
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   To know
   Faithful friend from flattering foe.
   Shak.
   
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   At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
   Flatman.
   
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   To have sexual intercourse with.
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   And Adam knew Eve his wife.
   Gen. iv. 1.
   
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   ☞ Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.
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   And I knew that thou hearest me always.
   John xi. 42.
   
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   The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   In other hands I have known money do good.
   Dickens.
   
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   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.
   
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   Know, v. i.
   To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
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   Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
   Is. i. 3.
   
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   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.
   
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   The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.
   Tylor.
   
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   To be assured; to feel confident.
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   To know of, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] “ Know of your youth, examine well your blood.”  
   Shak.
   
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