Category:Recognize

Rec"og*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recognized; p. pr. & vb. n. Recognizing.] Etym: [from recognizance; see cognition, and cf. Reconnoiter.] [written also recognise.]

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 reëxamine. [obs.] South.

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

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

Recognize Rec"og*nize, v. i. (law)

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.