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What's The Definition Of Ken?
[n] the range of vision; "out of sight of land"
[n] range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ken: cognizance | sight Related Terms | Find terms related to Ken: absorb | acquaintance | appreciate | apprehend | assimilate | be acquainted with | be apprised of | be aware of | be cognizant of | be conscious of | be conversant with | be informed | be with one | behold | catch | catch on | catch sight of | clap eyes on | clear sight | cognize | color vision | command | comprehend | comprehension | conceive | conceptualize | cone vision | corpus | data | datum | day vision | daylight vision | descry | dig | digest | discern | discernment | discover | distinguish | domination | espy | experience | expertise | eye | eye-mindedness | eyereach | eyeshot | eyesight | facts | factual base | familiarity | farsight | farsightedness | fathom | field of view | field of vision | follow | get | get hold of | get the drift | get the idea | get the picture | glimpse | grasp | have | have in sight | have information about | have it taped | have knowledge of | horizon | information | intelligence | intimacy | keen sight | know | know-how | knowing | knowledge | lay eyes on | learn | limit of vision | line of sight | look on | look upon | make out | master | naked eye | night vision | notice | observe | outlook | outlook over | perceive | perception | peripheral field | peripheral vision | perspective | perspicacity | perspicuity | photopia | pick out | possess | power of sight | practical knowledge | prehend | private knowledge | privity | prospect | purview | quick sight | range | ratio cognoscendi | reach | read | realize | recognize | rod vision | savvy | scan | scope | scope of vision | scotopia | see | seeing | seize | seize the meaning | self-knowledge | sense | sense of sight | sight | sightedness | sightliness | spot | spy | survey | sweep | take | take in | technic | technics | technique | twig | twilight vision | understand | understanding | unobstructed vision | view | vision | vista | visual acuity | visual field | visual sense | witness | wot | wot of See Also | compass | grasp | knowing | range | reach Ken In Webster's Dictionary \Ken\, n. [Perh. from kennel.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang,
Eng.]
\Ken\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned}; 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. [root]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. --Shak. \Ken\, v. i. To look around. [Obs.] --Burton. \Ken\, n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. ``Beyond his ken.'' --Longfellow. Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. --South. It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. --Trench. |
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