Recognized

4 definitions found

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

  Recognize \Rec"og*nize\ (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &
     p. p. {Recognized} (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Recognizing} (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [From
     {Recognizance}; see {Cognition}, and cf. {Reconnoiter}.]
     [Written also {recognise}.]
     1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person


        or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge
        of.
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              Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen.
                                                    --Harte.
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     2. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent
        to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal
        acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to
        recognize a consul.
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     3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation,
        bowing, or the like.
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     4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a
        testimonial.
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     5. To review; to reexamine. [Obs.] --South.
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     6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] --R. Monro.
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     Syn: To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See
          {Acknowledge}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  established \established\ adj.
     1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and
        widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a
        team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed
        his prestige as an established writer; an established
        precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with
        {unestablished}. [Narrower terms: {entrenched};
        {implanted, planted, rooted}; {official}; {recognized}]
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     2. securely established; as, an established reputation.
  
     Syn: firm.
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     3. settled securely and unconditionally.
  
     Syn: accomplished, effected.
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     4. conforming with accepted standards.
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     5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the
        established facts in the case.
  
     Syn: proved.
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     6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting
        without cultivation; -- of plants.
  
     Syn: naturalized.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recognized
       adj 1: generally approved or compelling recognition; "several
              accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his
              recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: {accepted},
               {recognised}]
       2: provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority"
          [syn: {recognised}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "recognized":
     accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, allowed, appreciated,
     apprehended, approved, ascertained, authenticated, avowed,
     being done, certified, comme il faut, comprehended, conceded,
     conceived, confessed, confirmed, conformable, conventional,
     correct, countersigned, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous,
     discerned, down pat, endorsed, established, fixed, folk, formal,
     granted, grasped, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial,
     inveterate, known, legendary, long-established, long-standing,
     meet, mythological, notarized, of long standing, of the folk, oral,
     orthodox, pat, perceived, prehended, prescriptive, professed,
     proper, ratified, realized, received, right, rooted, sealed,
     seemly, seized, signed, stamped, sworn and affirmed, sworn to,
     time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood,
     underwritten, unwritten, validated, venerable, warranted,
     worshipful