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knew 音标拼音: [n'u] [nj'u] vbl. know的过去式 know的过去式 Knew \ Knew\, imp. of { Know}. [ 1913 Webster]
Know \ Know\ ( n[= o]), v. t. [ imp. { Knew} ( n[= u]); p. p. { Known} ( n[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Knowing}.] [ OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn[ aum] wan; akin to OHG. chn[ aum] an ( in comp.), Icel. kn[ aum] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw` skein, Skr. jn[= a]; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. [ root] 45. See { Ken}, { Can} to be able, and cf. { Acquaint}, { Cognition}, { Gnome}, { Ignore}, { Noble}, { Note}.] 1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one' s duty. [ 1913 Webster] O, that a man might know The end of this day' s business ere it come! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization. [ 1913 Webster] He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. -- 2 Cor. v. 21. [ 1913 Webster] Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person' s face or figure. [ 1913 Webster] Ye shall know them by their fruits. -- Matt. vil. 16. [ 1913 Webster] And their eyes were opened, and they knew him. -- Luke xxiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster] To know Faithful friend from flattering foe. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] At nearer view he thought he knew the dead. -- Flatman. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To have sexual intercourse with. [ 1913 Webster] And Adam knew Eve his wife. -- Gen. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive ( with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc. [ 1913 Webster] And I knew that thou hearest me always. -- John xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster] The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] In other hands I have known money do good. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] { To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. " If we fear to die, or know not to be patient." -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster]
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