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单词 agnize
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agnizev.

Brit. /aɡˈnʌɪz/, /əɡˈnʌɪz/, U.S. /æɡˈnaɪz/
Forms: 1500s– agnise, 1500s– agnize, 1600s adnize.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin agnōscere.
Etymology: < classical Latin agnōscere, adgnōscere to recognize, to acknowledge, to discern, realize, in post-classical Latin also to learn (4th cent.; < ad- ad- prefix + gnōscere to know: see know v.), with remodelling after recognize v.1 (beside recogn̄oscere : see note); compare -ize suffix. Compare earlier agnition n. and later agnite v.Unlike recognize v.1, the present word does not seem to show borrowing immediately < a French verb with an extended stem in -iss- : no such verb appears to be attested. Compare similarly later cognize v.
1. transitive. To recognize or acknowledge in some capacity. With simple object, also object and for, as, to be, or noun complement. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement or recognition > acknowledge or recognize [verb (transitive)]
yknowOE
knowc1175
yatec1175
knowledgec1225
vow1338
granta1387
kenc1400
admit1415
reknowledgec1450
acknowledge?1526
agnize1535
recognize1537
recognoscea1550
justify1600
granta1620
to take with ——a1653
recognizance1657
agnite1694
recognizate1799
1535 T. Legh & J. Ap Rice Let. 24 Sept. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. ii. 216 They should be driven by this means to agnize their author, spring, and fountain.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 242v To agnise and knowlage Iulius Cæsar for his conquerour.
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 46 Let him agnise the things that I write to be the commandements of the Lord.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie App. 18 They had submitted to the Pope of Rome, and agnized him their Head.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 140 His Majesty, whom they agnised as their Founder.
1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 496 Offered up to God, for the agnizing Him as Creator of the World.
1797 tr. J. S. Beck Princ. Crit. Philos. iv. 406 Every one, who, by virtue of the moral liberty in him, agnises himself as moral being, is at the same time conscious to be able to produce in himself the moral worth.
1820 T. G. Wainewright in London Mag. June 661/2 I Egomet Bonmot, Esq. do agnise, as the offspring of mine own proper quill, every atom, prose and poetry, [etc.]..which thou hast now been reading with so much delight.
1833 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 742 On the knees of our hearts we agnize him as our master.
2.
a. transitive. To recognize the existence, fact, or validity of; to acknowledge, accept, confess to.
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the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement or recognition > acknowledge or recognize [verb (transitive)] > the existence of
agnize1539
1539 R. Morison Invective ayenste Treason sig. Av His fatherly loue is moche aboue our desertes, that yet we agnise it, and as moche as in vs lieth, endeuour our selfes aboundantly to thanke hym for it.
1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. E.iijv Vnthanckefull is he, that doth not agnise and knowledge the vnmeasurable kyndenes of this moost excellent prince.
1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. Ep. Ded. sig. B.iii Happie is that man..that humblie and hartilie agniseth his faultes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 230 I doe agnize A naturall and prompt alacrity, I finde in hardnesse. View more context for this quotation
1648 D. Jenkins Wks. 23 We doe upon the knees of our heart adnize constant Faith, Loyalty, and Obedience to the King.
1716 Independent Power of Church 135 The Personal Assent and Declarations, which King Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth made, out of Parliament, concerning the Supremacy, agnized by them.
1797 tr. J. S. Beck Princ. Crit. Philos. iv. 399 Man, however, altho' he agnises the authority of the moral law, and is but herein..a moral being, is too, at the same time, a sensitive being, under the influence of inclinations.
1823 C. Lamb Oxf. in Vacation in Elia 15 Well, I do agnize something of the sort.
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 56 None but they Who extasie divine enjoy, agnize The universal impulse.
1921 Weekly Rev. 14 May 456/1 A cabinet of high-minded statesmen..who, agnizing the process of moral devolution in Germany ever since Stein was dismissed, have dedicated themselves to the task of restoring Germany to her true self.
2008 M. Hanioğlu Brief Hist. Late Ottoman Empire i. 18 The concentration of power in the hands of local dynasts and notables brought about a de facto change in the land tenure system, compelling the government to agnize private ownership of land, albeit unofficially.
b. intransitive. With adverb substituting for object. Obsolete.
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1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. xxxvi. f. 360 Vnto the which [Councel] the bishops were so called by the Emperours Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius (as in their epistle the Councel agniseth) vt episcopis honorificentia reseruata, nemo de esset volens, nemo cogeretur inuitus.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxiv. 277 Loue is a Lordly Feast: Agnize [printed Aguize] (so should you) so, and so despayre is part releast.
1646 J. Tombes Apol. Two Treat. Infant-baptisme 26 I speak of Mr. Marshalls discourse about Gods sealing conditionally to infants, & their after agnizing thus.
3. transitive. To recognize the authority or claims of. Obsolete.
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1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast i. xv. f. 53v I pray you then good M. Horne bring foorth that King that did not agnise one supreme head and chiefe iudge in all causes Ecclesiasticall among the Iewes.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 7 Not accustomed to obey any lawe, to agnize any magistrate.
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church To Rdr. sig. ¶3 To agnise or admit the auncient and approued maner of the Primitiue Church.
1698 Mem. E. Ludlow (1771) 264 It was desired, That since it..would be most safe for the protector [sc. Richard Cromwell] to derive his authority from a right source, the words in the declaration of ‘recognizing’ him might be altered for ‘agnizing’ him; that so his right might appear to be founded upon the consent of the people represented in this assembly.
1748 T. Edwards in Coll. of Poems Several Hands II. 333 Such He will crown with praise, And glad agnize before his Father's throne.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xiii. 226 That ere yet agnized By others, he might wisdom learn from her.
4. transitive. To recognize from past experience or information; to remember, be able to identify. Now poetic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > recognize, acknowledge [verb (transitive)]
acknowOE
anyeteOE
i-kenc1000
yknowOE
yknowOE
knowOE
seeOE
kenc1275
knowledgec1330
to take knowledge ofa1400
perceive1549
agnize1568
reknowledge1611
recognize1725
reconnoitre1729
identify1746
recognizate1799
1568 Abp. M. Parker in Bible (Bishops') f. xxix (heading) Ioseph agnised his brethren.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 280 Reaue him the skill his vn-skill to agnize.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xiv. 214/2 The Britaines wil agnize their owne Cause; The Gaules will remember their wonted libertie.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana ii. iv. 119 All Animals agnize their own from others young.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xv. 63 I was agniz'd of one, who by the skirt Caught me.
1850 W. Sewell tr. Horace Odes & Epodes i. xv. 21 See'st not Ulysses at thy rear, Him, perdition of thy race? Not Pylian Nestor?.. Merion too shalt thou agnize.
1931 L. Binyon tr. Dante Purgatorio xxviii, in Coll. Poems II. 294 They who in ancient fable poetized Of the felicity of the Age of Gold In Helicon's dreams perchance this place agnized.
5. transitive. To gain knowledge of, learn. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
fanda1000
finda1200
kenc1330
lenda1350
agropea1393
contrive1393
to find outc1405
outsearch?a1439
ripec1440
inventc1475
disclose?a1500
fish1531
agnize?1570
discover1585
to grope out1590
out-find1590
expiscate1598
vent1611
to learn out1629
to get to know1643
develop1653
ascertain1794
stag1796
root1866
to get a line on1903
establish1919
?1570 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises sig. A.iijv The tenor of your Princely wil, From you for to agnise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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