v. t. [ Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnāwan. ] 1. To recognize. [ Obs. ] “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. acknowledged p. pr. & vb. n. acknowledging ] [ Prob. fr. pref. a- + the verb knowledge. See Knowledge, and cf. Acknow. ] 1. To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. [ 1913 Webster ]

I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all thy ways acknowledge Him. Prov. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

They his gifts acknowledged none. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To avow; proclaim; recognize; own; admit; allow; concede; confess. -- Acknowledge, Recognize. Acknowledge is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man acknowledges a secret marriage; one who has done wrong acknowledges his fault; and author acknowledges his obligation to those who have aided him; we acknowledge our ignorance. Recognize supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we recognize a friend after a long absence. We recognize facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually recognize the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. See also Confess. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of being acknowledged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>adj. Generally accepted or recognized as correct or reasonable. Opposite of unacknowledged. [ Narrower terms: given, granted; unquestionable (vs. questionable) ] Also See: known.
Syn. -- accepted, recognized [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. Confessedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. “An acknowledgment of fault.” Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement acknowledging something or someone. [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an expression of thanks. Shak.
Syn. -- recognition [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acknowledges. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of dūne off the hill. See Down. ] From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [ Archaic ] “Thrice did she sink adown.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Down. [ Archaic & Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avowe, F. avoué, fr. L. advocatus. See Advocate, Avowee, Avoyer. ] One who has an advowson. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avoweisoun, OF. avoëson, fr. L. advocatio. Cf. Advocation. ] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [ Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12, 000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. avoutrie, avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L. adulterium. Cf. Adultery. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flow. ] Flowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + glow. ] In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the flow of air. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Written also ajwain. ] [ Prob. native name. ] (Bot.) The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Earlier form of Acknow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The feast of All Saints. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [ Obs. ] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. All the saints (in heaven). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. All Saints' Day, November 1st. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. tīd time. ] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. knowing everything.
Syn. -- omniscient. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allowed p. pr. & vb. n. Allowing. ] [ OE. alouen, OF. alouer, aloer, aluer, F. allouer, fr. LL. allocare to admit as proved, to place, use; confused with OF. aloer, fr. L. allaudare to extol; ad + laudare to praise. See Local, and cf. Allocate, Laud. ] 1. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To like; to be suited or pleased with. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How allow you the model of these clothes? Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit; permit; suffer; tolerate. See Permit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Allowing still for the different ways of making it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

To allow of, to permit; to admit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. allouable. ] 1. Praiseworthy; laudable. [ Obs. ] Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an allowable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. alouance. ] 1. Approval; approbation. [ Obs. ] Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without the king's will or the state's allowance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Acknowledgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. License; indulgence. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

After making the largest allowance for fraud. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (com.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allowancing ] [ See Allowance, n. ] To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>adv. By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An approver or abettor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who allows or permits. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having full power over all aspects of a situation.
Syn. -- almighty, omnipotent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + low. ] Below; in a lower part. “Aloft, and then alow.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Zool.) Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew. The plural form is ant cattle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + row. ] In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. L. arcus bow. Cf. Arc. ] A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. Sagittaria sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn. -- arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Botany) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and Georgia.
Syn. -- arrow wood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Consisting of arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. “His arrowy tongue.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

With arrowy vitalities, vivacities, and ingenuities. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]