acknown

English

Verb

acknown

1. past participle of acknow
   1. (obsolete) Recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized
      • 1883 June 4, “Imprudent Mr. Hendricks”, in New York Times (Features), New York:

        Three years in his employment a secret agent in the Post Office Department, who obtained for him the first knowledge of the star route frauds, and placed it at his disposal before it Acknown to be suspected by either the public or the Government.

   2. (obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
      • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

        Be not acknown on't: I have use for it.