Definition of "acknowledge"

acknowledge

/əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ/

verb
third-person singular simple present acknowledges, present participle acknowledging, simple past and past participle acknowledged
1. (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
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  I acknowledge my transgressions.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalm 51:3
  [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.
  1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, Act IV, scene iii
  For ends generally acknowledged to be good.
  1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
  [N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […]
  1604, Jeremy Corderoy, A Short Dialogve, wherein is Proved, that No Man can be Saved without Good VVorkes, 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed by Ioseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crowne, by Simon Waterson, page 40
  Addison: Pathfinder, you're making a mistake.Ryder: Maybe. But at least I'm willing to acknowledge it.
  2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Nexus
2. (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
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  In all thy ways acknowledge Him.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs 3:6
  By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee.
  c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene v]
3. (transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
  Quotations
  They his gifts acknowledged none.
  1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
4. (transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
5. (transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
  Quotations
  One who has been sheriff may acknowledge a deed executed by him while in office.
  1843, Thomas Isaac Wharton, A Digest of the Reported Cases Adjudged in the Several Courts Held in Pennsylvania, Together with Some Manuscript Cases

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