Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
--Is. i. 3.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak
of myself. --John vii.
17.
The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of
willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.
--Tylor.
2. To be assured; to feel confident.
{To know of}, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] `` Know of your
youth, examine well your blood.'' --Shak.
O, that a man might know The end of this day's
business ere it come! --Shak.
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
it. --Dryden.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be
strong. --Longfellow.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
as, to know things from information.
3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or
less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to
possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the
rules of an organization.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
as, to know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. --Matt. vil.
16.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
--Luke xxiv.
31.
To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
--Flatman.
5. To have sexual commerce with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv. 1.
Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an
infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a
dependent sentence, etc.
And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John
xi. 42.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir
W. Scott.
In other hands I have known money do good.
--Dickens.
{To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to
have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How
is sometimes omitted. `` If we fear to die, or know not to
be patient.'' --Jer. Taylor.