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p. p. [ Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. abaubir to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad + balbus stammering. ] Astonished; abashed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Abb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to wash (blue jeans) in acid, so as to cause the color to fade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnāwan. ] 1. To recognize. [ Obs. ] “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. acknowledged p. pr. & vb. n. acknowledging ] [ Prob. fr. pref. a- + the verb knowledge. See Knowledge, and cf. Acknow. ] 1. To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. [ 1913 Webster ]

I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all thy ways acknowledge Him. Prov. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

They his gifts acknowledged none. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To avow; proclaim; recognize; own; admit; allow; concede; confess. -- Acknowledge, Recognize. Acknowledge is opposed to keep back, or conceal, 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 acknowledges a secret marriage; one who has done wrong acknowledges his fault; and author acknowledges his obligation to those who have aided him; we acknowledge our ignorance. Recognize 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 recognize a friend after a long absence. We recognize facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually recognize the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. See also Confess. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of being acknowledged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>adj. Generally accepted or recognized as correct or reasonable. Opposite of unacknowledged. [ Narrower terms: given, granted; unquestionable (vs. questionable) ] Also See: known.
Syn. -- accepted, recognized [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. Confessedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. “An acknowledgment of fault.” Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement acknowledging something or someone. [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an expression of thanks. Shak.
Syn. -- recognition [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acknowledges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life. ] To subdue; to daunt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ OE. adawen to wake; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See Daw. ] To awaken; to arouse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A man that waketh of his sleep
He may not suddenly well taken keep
Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly
Till that he be adawed verily. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of dūne off the hill. See Down. ] From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [ Archaic ] “Thrice did she sink adown.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Down. [ Archaic & Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avowe, F. avoué, fr. L. advocatus. See Advocate, Avowee, Avoyer. ] One who has an advowson. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avoweisoun, OF. avoëson, fr. L. advocatio. Cf. Advocation. ] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [ Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12, 000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. avoutrie, avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L. adulterium. Cf. Adultery. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Award. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (a) A stretched wire or rope elevated above the ground and forming a way along which a trolley may travel, for conveying a load suspended from the trolley. (b) An elevated cableway. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flow. ] Flowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 (Zool.) a dog (Lycaon pictus) with mottled fur found in Africa, notable for the strong social structure of its family groups.
Syn. -- painted wolf, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a wig that gives the appearance of an afro hairdo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ AS. æfteweard, a., behind. See Aft, and -ward (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. ] At a later or succeeding time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. “After-wit comes too late when the mischief is done.” L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Naut.) Toward the stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Back again. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + glow. ] In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a gentian of East North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
Syn. -- ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a perennial herb of the southeastern U. S. having white-rayed flower heads. It was formerly used in folk medicine.
Syn. -- boneset, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the crew of an aircraft. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a member of an aircrew. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Drawn in air; imaginary. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the flow of air. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an airplane propeller.
Syn. -- airplane propeller, prop [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } adv. Toward the air; upward. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. the medium of transmission of signals by radio or television stations; by radio transmission; -- used non-technically; as, over the airwaves, i. e. by radio or television. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a duct that provides ventilation, as in mines.
Syn. -- air passage, air duct. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a woman aviator; a woman airplane pilot or balloonist; an aviatrix.
Syn. -- aviatrix, aviatress [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. fitness to fly. “the plane received a certificate of airworthiness”. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. fit to fly; -- said of aircraft. Opposite of unairworthy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Written also ajwain. ] [ Prob. native name. ] (Bot.) The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Earlier form of Acknow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Halloo. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]