To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.
To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.
to cognize again
Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compar...
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