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ac·knowl·edge (k-nlj) KEY
TRANSITIVE VERB:
ac·knowl·edged,
Office Pro 2007, ac·knowl·edg·ing, ac·knowl·edg·es To admit the existence,
Office Pro Plus 2007, truth, or truth of. To acknowledge as getting valid or acquiring power or power. To express recognition of: acknowledge a friend's smile. To express thanks or gratitude for. To report the receipt of: acknowledge a letter. Law To take or certify as legally binding: acknowledge a deed. ETYMOLOGY:
Probably blend of Middle English knowlechen, to acknowledge (from knouen, to find out; see know), and Middle English aknouen,
Office Professional 2010, to recognize (from Previous English oncnwan, to know : on-, on; see on + cnwan, to learn; see know)
OTHER Varieties:
ac·knowledge·a·ble(Adjective)
SYNONYMS:
acknowledge, acknowledge,
Windows 7 Pro Key, very own, avow, confess, concede
These verbs indicate to confess the truth or reality of some thing, frequently reluctantly. To acknowledge is usually to take obligation for a thing a single can make acknowledged: He acknowledged his error. Admit implies reluctance in acknowledging one's functions or yet another viewpoint: "She was attracted from the frankness of a suitor who . . . admitted that he didn't imagine in marriage" (Edith Wharton). Individual stresses private acceptance and duty: She owned that she feared for the child's safety. Avow signifies to assert openly and boldly: "Old Mrs. Webb avowed that he, inside the space of two hrs, had worn out her pew far more . . . than she had by sitting in it forty years" (Kate Douglas Wiggin). Confess usually emphasizes disclosure of a thing damaging or inconvenient to oneself: I have to confess that I lied to you. To concede would be to intellectually accept one thing,
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, often in opposition to one's will: The attorney refused to concede that the two instances had similarities.