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<blockquote>Not to <b>know</b> me argues yourselves unknown. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; <as>as, to <ex>know</ex> a person's face or figure</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Ye shall <b>know</b> them by their fruits. <i>Matt. vil. 16. </i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And their eyes were opened, and they <b>knew</b> him. <i>Luke xxiv. 31.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>At nearer view he thought he <b>knew</b> the dead. <i>Flatman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To have sexual commerce with.</def>

<blockquote>And Adam <b>knew</b> Eve his wife. <i>Gen. iv. 1.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Know</i> is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.</note>

<blockquote>And I <b>knew</b> that thou hearest me always. <i>John xi. 42.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The monk he instantly <b>knew</b> to be the prior. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In other hands I have <b>known</b> money do good. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To know how</col>, <cd>to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. <i>How<i> is sometimes omitted. " If we fear to die, or <i>know<i> not to be patient."</cd></cs>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Know</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Know</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.</def>

<blockquote>Israel doth not <b>know</b>, my people doth not consider. <i>Is. i. 3.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If any man will do his will, he shall <b>know</b> of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. <i>John vii. 17.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The peasant folklore of Europe still <b>knows</b> of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn. <i>Tylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be assured; to feel confident.</def>

<cs><col>To know of</col>,<cd>to ask, to inquire. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " <i>Know<i> of your youth, examine well your blood."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Knowable</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Know"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained.</def>

<blockquote>Thus mind and matter, as known or <b>knowable</b>, are only two different series of phenomena or qualities. <i>Sir W. Hamilton. </i></blockquote>

<h1>Knowa bleness</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Know"a* ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being knowable.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>