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Main Entry:: ¹ken
Pronunciation:: \ˈken\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: kenned; ken·ning
Etymology:: Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan to make known & Old Norse kenna to perceive; both akin to Old English can know — more at can
Date:: 13th century

transitive verb1archaic : see2chiefly dialect : recognize3chiefly Scottish : knowintransitive verbchiefly Scottish : know

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