agnition

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noun

Acknowledgement.

OriginLatin agnitio →
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Meanings

nounagnition (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableAcknowledgement.

    [Jesus] was borne in Bethlem a City of Juda: where incontinent by the glorification of the Angels, the agnition of the Shepeherds, the veneration of the wiſe men, the prophecy of holy Simeon, and the admiration of the Doctours, he was had in honour.

    1569, Richard Grafton, “The Seuenth Age, and Seuenth Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 75

Origin

  1. Latinagnitio
  2. Englishagnition

From Latin agnitio, from agnoscere. See notion.

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APA

agnition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agnition

MLA

“agnition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agnition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agnition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agnition.

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