"acknow" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "acknowledge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aknowen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aknowen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ācnāwan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ācnāwan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "know"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + know",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aknowen, from Old English ācnāwan, oncnāwan (“to know, recognize”), equivalent to a- + know.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acknows",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acknowing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acknew",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acknown",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acknows",
        "2": "acknowing",
        "3": "acknew",
        "4": "acknown"
      },
      "expansion": "acknow (third-person singular simple present acknows, present participle acknowing, simple past acknew, past participle acknown)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone, act 5, scene 4:",
          "text": "You will not be acknown, sir; why, 'tis wise.\nThus do all gamesters, at all games, dissemble:\nNo man will seem to win.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize."
      ],
      "id": "en-acknow-en-verb-l1kTSoTq",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To recognize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with a-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1532, Sir Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer:",
          "text": "We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883 June 4, “Imprudent Mr. Hendricks”, in New York Times (Features), New York:",
          "text": "Three years in his employment a secret agent in the Post Office Department, who obtained for him the first knowledge of the star route frauds, and placed it at his disposal before it Acknown to be suspected by either the public or the Government.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To acknowledge; confess (often with \"of\" or \"on\"), reveal, disclose, realize"
      ],
      "id": "en-acknow-en-verb-MWbKGHT0",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with \"of\" or \"on\"), reveal, disclose, realize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əkˈnəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əkˈnoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ækˈnoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acknow"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English irregular verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms prefixed with a-",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acknowledge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aknowen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aknowen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ācnāwan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ācnāwan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "know"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + know",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aknowen, from Old English ācnāwan, oncnāwan (“to know, recognize”), equivalent to a- + know.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acknows",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acknowing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acknew",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acknown",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acknows",
        "2": "acknowing",
        "3": "acknew",
        "4": "acknown"
      },
      "expansion": "acknow (third-person singular simple present acknows, present participle acknowing, simple past acknew, past participle acknown)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone, act 5, scene 4:",
          "text": "You will not be acknown, sir; why, 'tis wise.\nThus do all gamesters, at all games, dissemble:\nNo man will seem to win.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To recognize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1532, Sir Thomas More, The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer:",
          "text": "We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883 June 4, “Imprudent Mr. Hendricks”, in New York Times (Features), New York:",
          "text": "Three years in his employment a secret agent in the Post Office Department, who obtained for him the first knowledge of the star route frauds, and placed it at his disposal before it Acknown to be suspected by either the public or the Government.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To acknowledge; confess (often with \"of\" or \"on\"), reveal, disclose, realize"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with \"of\" or \"on\"), reveal, disclose, realize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əkˈnəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əkˈnoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ækˈnoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acknow"
}