ken
ken definition
ken (ken)
transitive verb kenned, kenning ken′·ning
- Scot. to know
- Archaic to see; look at; descry
- Now Chiefly Dial. to recognize
Etymology: ME kennen < OE cennan, lit., to cause to know < *kannjan < base of can, akin to Ger kennen, ON kenna, to know
intransitive verb
Scot. to know (of or about)
noun
- Rare range of vision
- mental perception; range of knowledge that is beyond my ken
Etymology: contr. < kenning
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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