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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knew \Knew\,
     imp. of {Know}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Know \Know\ (n[=o]), v. t. [imp. {Knew} (n[=u]); p. p. {Known}
     (n[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen,
     AS. cn[aum]wan; akin to OHG. chn[aum]an (in comp.), Icel.
     kn[aum] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere,
     noscere, Gr. gighw`skein, Skr. jn[=a]; fr. the root of E.
     can, v. i., ken. [root]45. See {Ken}, {Can} to be able, and
     cf. {Acquaint}, {Cognition}, {Gnome}, {Ignore}, {Noble},
     {Note}.]
     1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to
        understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's
        duty.
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              O, that a man might know
              The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak.
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              There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
              it.                                   --Dryden.
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              Know how sublime a thing it is
              To suffer and be strong.              --Longfellow.
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     2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
        as, to know things from information.
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     3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or
        less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to
        possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the
        rules of an organization.
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              He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
                                                    --2 Cor. v.
                                                    21.
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              Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.
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     4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
        as, to know a person's face or figure.
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              Ye shall know them by their fruits.   --Matt. vil.
                                                    16.
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              And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
                                                    --Luke xxiv.
                                                    31.
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              To know
              Faithful friend from flattering foe.  --Shak.
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              At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
                                                    --Flatman.
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     5. To have sexual intercourse with.
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              And Adam knew Eve his wife.           --Gen. iv. 1.
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     Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an
           infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a
           dependent sentence, etc.
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                 And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John
                                                    xi. 42.
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                 The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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                 In other hands I have known money do good.
                                                    --Dickens.
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     {To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to
        have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How
        is sometimes omitted. " If we fear to die, or know not to
        be patient." --Jer. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  know
       v 1: be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of
            information; possess knowledge or information about; "I
            know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to
            know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" [syn:
             {cognize}, {cognise}] [ant: {ignore}]
       2: know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to
          knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
       3: be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith
          in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know
          that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the
          earth moves around the sun"
       4: be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She
          doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We
          know this movie"; "I know him under a different name";
          "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
       5: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
          sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known
          hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug
          addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare";
          "I lived through two divorces" [syn: {experience}, {live}]
       6: accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power
          and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the
          true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
          [syn: {acknowledge}, {recognize}, {recognise}]
       7: have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows
          her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to
          recite it?"
       8: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
          everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
          intimate with this man?" [syn: {roll in the hay}, {love},
          {make out}, {make love}, {sleep with}, {get laid}, {have
          sex}, {do it}, {be intimate}, {have intercourse}, {have it
          away}, {have it off}, {screw}, {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff}, {hump},
           {lie with}, {bed}, {have a go at it}, {bang}, {get it on},
           {bonk}]
       9: know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big
          show-off"
       10: be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The
           child knows right from wrong"
       11: perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
       [also: {known}, {knew}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knew
       See {know}

















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