Meanings
nounbeknowing (uncountable)
- uncountableConfession; acknowledgement.
But self-consciousness is also a gift, the capacity to perceive ourselves and creation in relation to each other, to practice the "beknowing" I spoke of in reference to my medieval ancestors and to see the evidences through which God manifests Himself in the world.
2000, Robert Clark, My Grandfather's House
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of beknow
Origin
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beknowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beknowing
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