[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

know \know\ n=o, v. t. imp. knew n=u; p. p. known
   n=on; p. pr.  vb. n. knowing. oe. knowen, knawen,
   as. cnaumwan; akin to ohg. chnauman in comp., icel.
   knaum to be able, russ. znate to know, l. gnoscere,
   noscere, gr. gighw`skein, skr. jn=a; fr. the root of e.
   can, v. i., ken. root45. see ken, can to be able, and
   cf. acquaint, cognition, gnome, ignore, noble,
   note.
   1. to perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to
      understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's
      duty.
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            o, that a man might know
            the end of this day's business ere it come --shak.
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            there is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
            it.                                   --dryden.
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            know how sublime a thing it is
            to suffer and be strong.              --longfellow.
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   2. to be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
      as, to know things from information.
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   3. to be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or
      less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to
      possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the
      rules of an organization.
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            he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
                                                  --2 cor. v.
                                                  21.
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            not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --milton.
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   4. to recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
      as, to know a person's face or figure.
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            ye shall know them by their fruits.   --matt. vil.
                                                  16.
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            and their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
                                                  --luke xxiv.
                                                  31.
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            to know
            faithful friend from flattering foe.  --shak.
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            at nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
                                                  --flatman.
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   5. to have sexual intercourse with.
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            and adam knew eve his wife.           --gen. iv. 1.
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   note: know is often followed by an objective and an
         infinitive with or without to or a participle, a
         dependent sentence, etc.
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               and i knew that thou hearest me always. --john
                                                  xi. 42.
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               the monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
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               in other hands i have known money do good.
                                                  --dickens.
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   to know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to
      have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. how
      is sometimes omitted. " if we fear to die, or know not to
      be patient." --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster
see also:
knew known knowing ken can acquaint 
cognition gnome ignore noble note 
to know how 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

known \known\, p. p.
   of know.
   1913 webster
see also:
know 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

know
     v 1: be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of
          information; possess knowledge or information about; "i
          know that the president lied to the people"; "i want to
          know who is winning the game"; "i know it's time" syn:
           cognize, cognise ant: ignore
     2: know how to do or perform something; "she knows how to
        knit"; "does your husband know how to cook?"
     3: be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith
        in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "i know
        that i left the key on the table"; "galileo knew that the
        earth moves around the sun"
     4: be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "she
        doesn't know this composer"; "do you know my sister?"; "we
        know this movie"; "i know him under a different name";
        "this flower is known as a peruvian lily"
     5: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
        sensations; "i know the feeling"; "have you ever known
        hunger?"; "i have lived a kind of hell when i was a drug
        addict"; "the holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare";
        "i lived through two divorces" syn: experience, live
     6: accept someone to be what is claimed or accept his power
        and authority; "the crown prince was acknowledged as the
        true heir to the throne"; "we do not recognize your gods"
        syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise
     7: have fixed in the mind; "i know latin"; "this student knows
        her irregular verbs"; "do you know the poem well enough to
        recite it?"
     8: have sexual intercourse with; "this student sleeps with
        everyone in her dorm"; "adam knew eve"; "were you ever
        intimate with this man?" syn: roll in the hay, love,
        make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have
        sex, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it
        away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump,
         lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on,
         bonk
     9: know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big
        show-off"
     10: be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "the
         child knows right from wrong"
     11: perceive as familiar; "i know this voice"
     also: known, knew
see also:
cognize cognise ignore experience live acknowledge 
recognize recognise roll in the hay love make out 
make love sleep with get laid have sex do it 
be intimate have intercourse have it away have it off screw 
fuck jazz eff hump lie with 
bed have a go at it bang get it on bonk 
known knew 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

known
     adj : apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits
           of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the
           world"; "a known criminal" ant: unknown
see also:
unknown 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

known
     see know
see also:
know 

Known >> K Words
Known, definition of term: Known
known_pag1.html

Well Known >> W Words
Well Known, definition of term: Well Known
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Make Known >> M Words
Make Known, definition of term: Make Known
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The Largest Known Primes
...... twin primes are substantially smaller than the largest known primes of ... At this site we maintain a database of the 5000 largest known primes ( ... ..
http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/largest.html, score=100, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 3:27 am

What You'll Wish You'd Known
...I should have known that was a danger sign. And in fact I found my ... ..
http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html, score=95, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 2:07 am

Well Known Canadians
...List of Well Known Canadians with biographical links ... ..
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/Canadians/, score=94, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 4:38 am

Known Planetary Systems
...Known Planetary Systems . There are 135 known planetary systems around ... Spectral Type and. Luminosity Class. Number of Known Planetary Bodies ... ..
http://www.princeton.edu/~willman/planetary_systems/, score=94, date indexed=January 22, 2006, 3:06 am

Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics
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http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html, score=94, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 10:18 am

Truth Be Known
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http://www.truthbeknown.com/, score=93, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 10:17 am

Also-Known-As, Inc.
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http://www.alsoknownas.org/, score=89, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:40 am

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