ken Definition
ken (ken)
transitive verb kenned, 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
ken Usage Examples
Object
- whit: A doot heâs deid aw richt â niver kent whit hit him.
- aboot: Sae whit wad the lykes o him ken aboot sic a steid as this?
- ltd: Unauthorized Content Employees of mid kent water ltd comply with a Computer Code of Conduct.
- face: Some well kent faces appeared over the weekend including Zot on a special visit all the way from Mendip.
- water: At mid kent water we now offer our customers FREE water meters with no installation charge.
Used with why or when
what: She had her back to the minister, an ' he, for his pairt, hardly kenned what he was lookin ' at.
Modifies a noun
- whit: Tho ' wi dinnae ken whit lies ahead, wi are aye keen tae work fur wur daily bread!
- whaur: Broun Ogre: Ye ken whaur the Needle is?
- howard: Was a private now we'll be ken howard quot.
- aboot: Ah ken naething aboot that, but she is never deid.
- ti: But Ah ken hou ti kill him, sae lippen weill ti me, Fergal!
- ye: Dae ye ken whit ye 'll be seekin for thaim?
Modifying Another Word
- well: Hell, I kent fine well that Fiona would come to her senses.
- never: Thorfinn: Ah hae never kent onie god but ma ain micht.
Noun used with modifier
- dinna: Ach, ah dinna ken fit happin't next?
- dinnae: Tho ' wi dinnae ken whit lies ahead, wi are aye keen tae work fur wur daily bread!
- didna: Itâs lyke Ah didna ken whit wey ti turn.
- ye: Children were taught folk songs " Do ye ken John Peel?
- ti: Mebbe YOU wad lyke ti ken whit it feels lyke?
- I: Traffic stramash An hash is the warld I ken!
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