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verb

Ken v. t. (past & past part. kenned; pres. part. kenning)

To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. (Archaic or Scot.)

To recognize; to descry; to discern. (Archaic or Scot.) "We ken them from afar." "'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait."

Ken v. i. To look around. (Obs.)

noun

Ken n. A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. (Slang, Eng.)

Ken n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." "Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension." "It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ken" Quotes from Famous Books

... understood his friend Pancha even as he did his friend Mark. That she could have complexities and reservations beyond his simple ken had never occurred to him. What he saw on the surface was what she was, and being so, the news he was bringing would be as a tonic ...

— Treasure and Trouble Therewith - A Tale of California • Geraldine Bonner

... vain do we try to take the sea's mystery by storm. In vain do we search for its meaning with love. It lies beyond our mortal ken, deeper than ever ...

— A Tramp's Sketches • Stephen Graham

... night boat to themselves, but now and then Susan saw somebody that she knew on board. One night she went in to talk for a moment with Ella Saunders. Ella was gracious, casual. Ken was married, as Susan knew,—the newspapers had left nothing to be imagined of the most brilliant of the season's matches, and pictures of the fortunate bride, caught by the cameras as she made her laughing way to her carriage, a white blur of veil and flowers, had appeared everywhere. ...

— Saturday's Child • Kathleen Norris

... then have on a suitable gown that will stand rough usage; but I beg of you, Ken, stop tucking that rug around ...

— Patty in Paris • Carolyn Wells

... distinguish works of grace from works of nature, which is the essence of historic Christianity, or that we can detect the activity of heavenly influences is also superstition. All such supernaturalism lies beyond our ken. There are three common forms of superstition, all promoted by positive religion: the belief in miracles, the belief in mysteries, and the belief in the means of grace."[4] So prayer is a confession of weakness, not a source ...

— Preaching and Paganism • Albert Parker Fitch

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