Ac·know v. t.
1. To recognize. [Obs.] “You will not be acknown, sir.”
2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
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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