ken
noun
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.
kenned
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past participleof ken.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ken.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
kennounknowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.
Example Sentences
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"You seem to be kenned here," I observed when my breath had caught up with me.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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
But Tam kenned what was what fu' brawlie.
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
I kenned the folks were fondest o' such as the Auld Hunder, Mount Pleasant, and that excellent favourite the Bangor.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
I almost think she kenned what was coming.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
