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recognitory
Variant of recognition
recognition
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rec·og·ni·tion (rek′əg nis̸h′ən)
noun
- a recognizing or being recognized; acknowledgment; admission, as of a fact
- acknowledgment and approval, gratitude, etc. in recognition of her services
- formal acknowledgment by a government of the independence and sovereignty of a state newly created, as by secession, or of a government newly set up, as by revolution
- identification of some person or thing as having been known before or as being of a certain kind
- notice, as in passing; greeting; salutation
Etymology: L recognitio < recognitus, pp. of recognoscere: see recognizance
Related Forms:
- recognitory re·cog′·ni·to′ry (ri käg′nə tôr′ē) adjective or recognitive re·cog′·ni·tive (-tiv)
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