to be acknown

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to be acknown - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acknow \Ac*know"\ ([a^]k*n[=o]"), v. t. [Pref. a- + know; AS.
     oncn[=a]wan.]
     1. To recognize. [Obs.] "You will not be acknown, sir." --B.
        Jonson.
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     2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to
        confess. [Obs.]
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              We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the
              denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge
              his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault.
                                                    --Sir T. More.
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