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Pronunciation : Rec"og*nize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From Recognizance; see Cognition, and cf. Reconnoiter.] [Written also recognise.]
Definition : 1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. Harte.

2. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.

4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

5. To review; to re?xamine. [Obs.] South.

6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] R. Monro.

Syn. -- To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See Acknowledge.

t. [imp. & p. p. Recognized; p. pr. & vb. n. Recognizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rec"og*nize
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A, B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written also recognise.]

Note: In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.

i. (Law)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913