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Webster 1913 Edition

Ken

Ken

(kĕn)
,
Noun.
[Perh. from
kennel
.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.
[Slang, Eng.]

Ken

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kenned
(kĕnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kenning
.]
[OE.
kennen
to teach, make known, know, AS.
cennan
to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel.
kenna
to know; akin to D. & G.
kennen
to know, Goth.
kannjan
to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS.
cunnan
to know, Goth.
kunnan
. √45. See
Can
to be able,
Know
.]
1.
To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
[Archaic or Scot.]
2.
To recognize; to descry; to discern.
[Archaic or Scot.]
“We ken them from afar.”
Addison
’T is he. I
ken
the manner of his gait.
Shakespeare

Ken

,
Verb.
I.
To look around.
[Obs.]
Burton.

Ken

,
Noun.
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
“Beyond his ken.”
Longfellow.
Above the reach and
ken
of a mortal apprehension.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ken

KEN

,
Verb.
T.
[L. canus, white, caneo, to be white, and this with L. cano, to sing, canto, Eng. to cant, to chant; L. gigno.]
1.
To see at a distance; to descry.
We ken them from afar.
2.
To know; to understand. [This verb is used chiefly in poetry.]

KEN

,
Verb.
I.
To look round.

KEN

,
Noun.
View; reach of sight.
Coasting they kept the land within their ken.

Definition 2024

kèn

kèn

See also: ken, Ken, KEN, kén, kēn, kěn, and -ken

Mandarin

Romanization

kèn (Zhuyin ㄎㄣˋ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 掯
  2. Pinyin transcription of 珢
  3. Pinyin transcription of 硍
  4. Pinyin transcription of 裉
  5. Pinyin transcription of 褃

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

kèn

  1. a traditional double reed shawm of Vietnam

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