ken

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ken [ken kens kenned kent kenning] noun, verb BrE [ken] NAmE [ken]
noun

Word Origin:
Old English cennan ‘tell, make known’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German kennen ‘know, be acquainted with’, from an Indo-European root shared by ↑can and ↑know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th cent.
Idiom: ↑beyond your ken
 
verb (-nn-)intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) | ~ (that)… | ~ what, where, etc… (ScotE, NEngE)
to know  Kent is the usual form of the past tense used in Scotland.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English cennan ‘tell, make known’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German kennen ‘know, be acquainted with’, from an Indo-European root shared by ↑can and ↑know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sight, cognizance