WOTD: agnize \ ag-NAHYZ, AG-nahyz \ , verb--to recognize; - TopicsExpress



          

WOTD: agnize \ ag-NAHYZ, AG-nahyz \ , verb--to recognize; acknowledge; own. Quotes: Well, I do agnize something of the sort. I confess that it is my humour, my fancy — in the forepart of the day, when the mind of your man of letters requires some relaxation…-- Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia , 1823 I do agnize / A natural and prompt alacrity I find in hardness…-- William Shakespeare, Othello , 1604 Origin: Agnize is rooted in the Latin word agn(ōscere) which meant to recognize. It shares a root with recognize .
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:33:41 +0000

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