Part 118

<h1>Aciurgy</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"i*ur`gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a point + <?/ work.]</ety> <def>Operative surgery.</def>

<h1>Acknow</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*know"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>know</ets>; AS. <ets>oncn\'bewan</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To recognize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "You will not be <i>acknown</i>, sir."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To acknowledge; to confess.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>To be acknown</col> (often with <i>of<i> or <i>on<i>), <cd>to acknowledge; to confess.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs>

<blockquote>We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not <b>be acknown</b> of his fault. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Acknowledge</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*knowl"edge</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Acknowledged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Acknowledging</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. pref. <ets>a-</ets> + the verb <ets>knowledge</ets>. See <er>Knowledge</er>, and <er>ci</er>. <er>Acknow</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; <as>as, to <ex>acknowledge</ex> the being of a God</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>acknowledge</b> my transgressions. <i>Ps. li. 3.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For ends generally <b>acknowledged</b> to be good. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.</def>

<blockquote>In all thy ways <b>acknowledge</b> Him. <i>Prov. iii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By my soul, I'll ne'er <b>acknowledge</b> thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; <as>as, to <ex>acknowledge</ex> a favor, the receipt of a letter</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They his gifts <b>acknowledged</b> none. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; <as>as, to <ex>acknowledge</ex>a deed</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To avow; proclaim; recognize; own; admit; allow; concede; confess.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Acknowledge</er>, <er>Recognize</er>. <i>Acknowledge</i> is opposed to <i>keep back</i>, or <i>conceal</i>, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man <i>acknowledges</i> a secret marriage; one who has done wrong <i>acknowledges</i> his fault; and author <i>acknowledges</i> his obligation to those who have aided him; we <i>acknowledge</i> our ignorance. <i>Recognize</i> supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we <i>recognize</i> a friend after a long absence. We <i>recognize</i> facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually <i>recognize</i> the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is <i>recognized</i> on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. See also <er>Confess</er>.</usage>

<h1>Acknowledgedly</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*knowl"edged*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Confessedly.</def>

<h1>Acknowledger</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*knowl"edg*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who acknowledges.</def>

<h1>Acknowledgment</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*knowl"edg*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.</def> "An <i>acknowledgment</i> of fault."

<i>Froude.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.</def>