Meanings
verbbeknowledge (third-person singular simple present beknowledges, present participle beknowledging, simple past and past participle beknowledged)
present singular third person beknowledges · participle present beknowledging · participle past beknowledged · past beknowledged
- obsoletetransitiveTo acknowledge.
Detected he hath reported a rhyme upon names of sundry men & women in our parish but will not beknowledge who made it nor of whom he had it.
1999, Andrew Barrett, Christopher Harrison, Crime and punishment in England: a sourcebook (quoting a much older text)
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beknowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beknowledge
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“beknowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beknowledge. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beknowledge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beknowledge.
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