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Definition ken

Etymology 1

From Middle English kennen (�to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture�), from Old English cennan (�to give birth, conceive, generate, beget�), from Proto-Germanic *kanjan?.

Verb

ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kenned)

1. (obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).

Etymology 2

Northern and Scottish dialects from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (�make known, declare, acknowledge�) originally �to make known�, causative of cunnan (�to become acquainted with, to know�), from Proto-Germanic *kannijan?, causative of *kunnan? (�be able�), from which comes the verb can. Cognate with West Frisian kenne (�to know; recognise�), Dutch kennen (�to know�), German kennen (�to know, be acquainted with someone/something�), Norwegian Bokm�l kjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk kjenna, Old Norse kenna (�to know, perceive�), Swedish k�nna (�to know, feel�). See also: can, con.

The noun meaning �range of sight� is a nautical abbreviation of present participle kenning.

Verb

ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kenned or kent)

1. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To know, perceive or understand.
2. (obsolete, chiefly Scotland) To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

Noun

ken (uncountable)

1. Knowledge, perception, or sight.
2. (nautical) Range of sight.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from kennel.

Noun

ken (plural kens)

1. (slang, Britain, obsolete) A house, especially a den of thieves.

Etymology 4

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Noun

ken (plural kens)

1. A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus

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