Recognize

Recognize

(1):

(v. t.) To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

(2):

(v. i.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.

(3):

(v. t.) To reconnoiter.

(4):

(v. t.) To review; to reexamine.

(5):

(v. t.) To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

(6):

(v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.

(7):

(v. t.) To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.