agnize
\ ag-NAHYZ, AG-nahyz \ , verb;
1.to recognize; acknowledge; own.
Quotes:
Well, I do agnize something of the sort. I confess that it is my humour, my fancy — in the forepart of the day, when the mind of your man of letters requires some relaxation…
-- Charles Lamb, "Essays of Elia" , 1823
I do agnize / A natural and prompt alacrity I find in hardness…
-- William Shakespeare, "Othello" , 1604
Origin:
Agnize is rooted in the Latin word agn(ōscere) which meant "to recognize." It shares a root with recognize .
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