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Meaning
Verb
●
To
perceive
the
truth
or
factuality
of; to be certain of or that.
●
To be or become
aware
or cognizant.
●
To be
aware
of; to be
cognizant
of.
●
To be
acquainted
(with another person).
●
To be
acquainted
or
familiar
with; to have encountered.
●
In Bible, Sex & Thinking:
To be
acquainted
or
familiar
with; to have encountered.
To
have sexual relations
with. This
meaning
normally
specified
in
modern
English as e.g. to ’
know someone in the biblical sense
’ or to ‘know
biblical
ly.’
●
To experience.
●
In Thinking:
To understand or have a
grasp
of through experience or study.
●
To
be able to
distinguish
, to
discern
,
particularly
by
contrast
or
comparison
; to
recognize
the
nature
of.
●
To
recognize
as the same (as someone
or something
previously
encountered
) after an
absence
or change.
●
In Epistemology:
To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
●
To
be able to
play
or
perform
(a
song
or other
piece
of music).
●
To have
indexed
and have information about within
one's
database.
Noun
●
In Epistemology:
Knowledge; the state of knowing.
●
In Epistemology:
Knowledge; the state of
knowing
; now
confined
to the
fixed phrase
‘in the know’
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Origin
know
English
knowen
Middle English (1100-1500)
cnawan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
cnawen
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Coitize
Knowe
Understand
Sleep With
Copulate With
Go To Bed With
Related
Tell
Realise
Remember
Realize
Learn
Recognize
Think
Say
Believe
Hear
Notice
Consider
Forget
Decide
Recognise
Find
Discover
Care
Appreciate
Assume
Feel
Ask
Perceive
Read
Observe
Expect
Accept
Comprehend
Determine
Understanding
Identify
Mean
See
Learned
Love
Talk
Aware
Have
Thought
Suggest
Experience
Understands
Recognized
Want
Clarify
Grasp
Reveal
Do
Confirm
Check
Ascertain
Expertise
Make Sure
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Rhymes
O
0
Mo
Do
Oh
Jo
No
Po
Lo
Go
Ho
So
Yo
Owe
Ago
Roe
Joe
Pho
Joe
Low
Mow
Foe
Noh
Soh
Soe
Doe
Gro
Sho
Pro
Sew
Fro
Sow
Woe
Tow
Hoa
Yoe
Flo
'Ho
Yeo
Row
Bow
Eau
Poe
Hoe
Toe
Voe
Zho
Bro
Tho
Rho
Beau
Sloe
Drow
Know
Faux
Show
Floe
Crow
Pro-
Shew
Glow
Whoa
Atgo
Slow
Trow
Blow
Arow
Flow
Rowe
Stow
Lowe
Grow
Ammo
Snow
Schmo
So-So
Throe
Stowe
Below
Dough
Throw
Hello
Shojo
Betow
Beaux
Aglow
Schmoe
Beknow
Bestow
Gateau
Acknow
Besnow
Landau
Though
Upgrow
Bureau
Outgrow
Plateau
Undergo
Oversow
Wenzhou
Electro
Pierrot
Outshow
Tableau
Apropos
Chateau
ChâTeau
Conflow
Although
Bordeaux
Foreslow
Yo-Ho-Ho
Workflow
Heave-Ho
Overflow
Overthrow
Castellnou
De Trop
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