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ken

1

[ ken ]

noun

  1. knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:

    an idea beyond one's ken.

  2. range of sight or vision.


verb (used with object)

, kenned or kent, ken·ning.
  1. Chiefly Scot.
    1. to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with (a person or thing).
    2. to understand or perceive (an idea or situation).
  2. Scots Law. to acknowledge as heir; recognize by a judicial act.
  3. Archaic. to see; descry; recognize.
  4. British Dialect, Archaic.
    1. to declare, acknowledge, or confess (something).
    2. to teach, direct, or guide (someone).

verb (used without object)

, kenned or kent, ken·ning.
  1. British Dialect.
    1. to have knowledge of something.
    2. to understand.

Ken

2

[ ken ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth.

Ken.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Kentucky.

ken

1

/ kɛn /

noun

  1. range of knowledge or perception (esp in the phrases beyond or in one's ken )
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verb

  1. dialect.
    to know
  2. dialect.
    to understand; perceive
  3. archaic.
    tr to see
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Ken.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Kentucky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ken1

First recorded before 900; Middle English kennen “to make known, see, know,” Old English cennan “to make known, declare”; cognate with Old Norse kenna, German kennen; akin to can 1, know 1( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ken1

Old English cennan; related to Old Norse kenna to perceive, Old High German kennen to make known; see can 1
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Example Sentences

Brooklyn district attorney Ken Thompson explained his decision to impanel a grand jury in a statement released Friday.

You have mentioned in interview that Dale Eaglesham and Ken Lashley are joining you on the new Secret Six.

So the plan is for Ken to draw an arc with Dale doing covers, and then Dale does an arc with Ken doing covers.

In 1978, for instance, Hockney was introduced to a new printing method by the famed printer Ken Tyler.

Ken Russell, the now sadly deceased British film director, told me he considered Jarman a visionary.

Many things besides book-learning did Wang Ken teach his pupil.

Wang Ken improved this opportunity to tell Yung Pak how important it was that all boys should follow such an example.

"I'll bet yo 'un a hoss I ken put a ball through that Yank's heart at fifty paces," he roared.

It appears to be a Southern form, adopted here for the rime, like ken for kin in Book of the Duch.

Nelson specially delighted in Ken's morning, evening, and midnight hymns.

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