ken
noun
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.
had kenned
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past perfectof ken.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If I had kenned that, Nestie, ye little scoundrel, I would have given them a cheer.
From Young Barbarians by Ian Maclaren
And if ye had kenned her in her youth, you would have said the same.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
“They were just a’ bairns thegither,” she had said, “and had kenned one another all their lives.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
