[ˈrɛkəɡnʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again
(e.g: Julia hardly recognized Jill when they met)

- acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of
(e.g: the defence is recognized in British law)


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Origin:
late Middle English (earliest attested as a term in Scots law): from Old French reconniss-, stem of reconnaistre, from Latin recognoscere ‘know again, recall to mind’, from re- ‘again’ + cognoscere ‘learn’