ken
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.
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