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To know to be something that has been perceived before: recognize a face.
(verb-transitive)
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To know or identify from past experience or knowledge: recognize hostility.
(verb-transitive)
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To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of: recognizes the concerns of the tenants.
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To permit to address a meeting: The club's president recognized the new member.
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To accept officially the national status of as a new government.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.