ken
noun
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.
have kenned
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present perfectof ken.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I am glad to have kenned you, Allison Bain,” but Mrs Beaton sighed as she said it.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards
I doubt you may have a sorer heart to carry about with you than you have kenned of yet.
From The Orphans of Glen Elder by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
I wouldna have minded him, but I would have kenned him anywhere.”
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
“You have kenned this some while, I’m jaloosin’?”
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
But I have kenned such a power o’ mockery give great pain to others, and bring great suffering sooner or later on those that had it.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
