recognitory

Variant of recognition

recognition definition

rec·og·ni·tion (rek′əg nis̸h′ən)

noun

    1. a recognizing or being recognized; acknowledgment; admission, as of a fact
    2. acknowledgment and approval, gratitude, etc. in recognition of her services
  2. 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
  3. identification of some person or thing as having been known before or as being of a certain kind
  4. 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)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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