Definition of "knew" [knew]

• Past tense of know. (verb)

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• "She knew what would win because she *knew* they would assume it was *true*."
• "Of course his reconstructions might be merely a projection of Propp's thesis onto the material, in which case he was proving nothing; but he knew -- he _knew_ -- that his reconstructions were not nonsensical, and they did tend to coalesce toward the pure structure Propp had devised."
• "Guthlac knew it was true, and _knew that he had made a great promise_."