ken

8 definitions found

ken - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ken \Ken\, v. i.
     To look around. [Obs.] --Burton.
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  Ken \Ken\, n.
     Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
     "Beyond his ken." --Longfellow.
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           Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
                                                    --South.
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           It was relief to quit the ken
           And the inquiring looks of men.          --Trench.
     Kendal green

  Ken \Ken\ (k[e^]n), n. [Perh. from kennel.]
     A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang,
     Eng.]
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  Ken \Ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb.
     n. Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
     cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
     Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
     kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
     AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See Can to be
     able, Know.]
     1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
        Scot.]
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     2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
        "We ken them from afar." --Addison
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              'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
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ken - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ken
      n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
           [syn: cognizance, ken]
      2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight,
         ken]

ken - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  ken
  
     /ken/ 1. Ken Thompson
  
     2. A flaming user.  This was originated by the Software
     Support group at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers
     in the user community were both named Ken.
  
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ken - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  ken
   /ken/, n.
  
     1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix. In the early days
     he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read
     "Love, ken". Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes
     uncapitalized, because it's a login name and mail address) in
     third-person reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet, in
     particular) that without a last name `Ken' refers only to Ken
     Thompson. Similarly, `Dennis' without last name means Dennis Ritchie
     (and he is often known as dmr). See also demigod, Unix.
  
     2. A flaming user. This was originated by the Software Support group
     at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers in the user community
     were both named Ken.
  

ken - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  155 Moby Thesaurus words for "ken":
     absorb, acquaintance, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate,
     be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of,
     be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be with one,
     behold, catch, catch on, catch sight of, clap eyes on, clear sight,
     cognize, color vision, command, comprehend, comprehension,
     conceive, conceptualize, cone vision, corpus, data, datum,
     day vision, daylight vision, descry, dig, digest, discern,
     discernment, discover, distinguish, domination, espy, experience,
     expertise, eye, eye-mindedness, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, facts,
     factual base, familiarity, farsight, farsightedness, fathom,
     field of view, field of vision, follow, get, get hold of,
     get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, glimpse, grasp, have,
     have in sight, have information about, have it taped,
     have knowledge of, horizon, information, intelligence, intimacy,
     keen sight, know, know-how, knowing, knowledge, lay eyes on, learn,
     limit of vision, line of sight, look on, look upon, make out,
     master, naked eye, night vision, notice, observe, outlook,
     outlook over, perceive, perception, peripheral field,
     peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity,
     photopia, pick out, possess, power of sight, practical knowledge,
     prehend, private knowledge, privity, prospect, purview,
     quick sight, range, ratio cognoscendi, reach, read, realize,
     recognize, rod vision, savvy, scan, scope, scope of vision,
     scotopia, see, seeing, seize, seize the meaning, self-knowledge,
     sense, sense of sight, sight, sightedness, sightliness, spot, spy,
     survey, sweep, take, take in, technic, technics, technique, twig,
     twilight vision, understand, understanding, unobstructed vision,
     view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense,
     witness, wot, wot of