transitive verb kenned, kenning 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

noun

1. Rare range of vision
2. mental perception; range of knowledge that is beyond my ken

Etymology: contr. < kenning