acknow Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ac*know" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnawan.
Definitions
  1. To recognize. Obs. "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.
  2. To acknowledge; to confess. Obs. Chaucer.
    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. Sir T. More.

Webster 1913