"beknow" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beknows [present, singular, third-person], beknowing [participle, present], beknew [past], beknown [participle, past]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English beknowen, biknowen, from Old English becnāwan (“to know, know about”), equivalent to be- + know. Cognate with Old High German bichnāan (“to recognise, see”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beknowen}} Middle English beknowen, {{m|enm|biknowen}} biknowen, {{inh|en|ang|becnāwan||to know, know about}} Old English becnāwan (“to know, know about”), {{prefix|en|be|know}} be- + know, {{cog|goh|bichnāan||to recognise, see}} Old High German bichnāan (“to recognise, see”) Head templates: {{en-verb|beknows|beknowing|beknew|beknown}} beknow (third-person singular simple present beknows, present participle beknowing, simple past beknew, past participle beknown)
  1. (transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beknow-en-verb-G-K4RYFZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. (transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beknow-en-verb-7If-~rxU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beknowing, beknown

Inflected forms

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