agnize

[ ag-nahyz, ag-nahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, ag·nized, ag·niz·ing.

to recognize; acknowledge; own.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of agnize¹

1525–35; < Latin agn ( ōscere ) to recognize ( a ( d )- ad- + ( g ) nōscere to come to know, equivalent to gnō- know + -scere -esce ) + -ize, modeled on cognize, recognize

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