Acknow (ăknō), v. t. [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnāwan.] 1. To recognize. [Obs.] “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson.
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2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
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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.
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