Recognizing

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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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