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ken Definition

ken (ken)

transitive verb kenned, ken′·ning

  1. Scot. to know
  2. Archaic to see; look at; descry
  3. 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

  1. Rare range of vision
  2. 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!