acknow/əkˈnəʊ/EtymologyFrom Middle English aknowen, from Old English ācnāwan, oncnāwan (“to know, recognize”), equivalent to a- + know.verbTo recognize.“You will not be acknown, sir; why, 'tis wise. Thus do all gamesters, at all games, dissemble: No man will seem to win.”To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize“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 be acknown of his fault.”