Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ken"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ken \Ken\, n. [Perh. from kennel.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang,
Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ken \Ken\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be
able, {Know}.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
Scot.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
``We ken them from afar.'' --Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ken \Ken\, v. i.
To look around. [Obs.] --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ken \Ken\, n.
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
``Beyond his ken.'' --Longfellow.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
--South.
It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks
of men. --Trench.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ken
n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
[syn: {cognizance}]
2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: {sight}]
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