Literary notes about Recognized (AI summary)
The term “recognized” assumes a variety of meanings in literature: it can denote a moment of personal or emotional identification, as when longstanding lost ties resurface ([1], [2]), or serve as a marker of social or formal acknowledgment, such as official appointments and professional legitimacy ([3], [4]). It also appears in instances where characters instantly discern friends, foes, or even abstract qualities within objects or ideas ([5], [6], [7]), and in analytical discussions where recognized procedures or authorities frame rational inquiry ([8], [9]). Overall, its flexible usage—from deeply personal revelations ([10]) to systematic recognition of norms and classifications ([11], [12])—underscores its importance in conveying both subjective understanding and objective validation in literary texts.
- He wept for joy when he recognized his wife and heard that Hans was his son, for he had long regarded them both as dead.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - So again when Penelope at last recognized her husband:— "Then from her eyelids the quick tears did start
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin - I gave directions that his permit to pass our limits should be recognized.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - President Roosevelt recognized the sterling worth of the man, by inviting him to succeed Mr. Taft as Secretary of War in 1908.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount - General Cavaignac and General Lamoricière had just recognized each other.
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - Ah”—he recognized Tuppence with a smile—“it’s you, is it?
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - First he recognized the doctor with an unmistakable frown; then his glance fell upon me, and he looked relieved.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - The proximate effects also of the contrast that has been sketched are generally recognized.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - With what other recognized authorities does he agree or disagree?"
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - “The fact is that upon his entrance I had instantly recognized the extreme personal danger in which I lay.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - one of the eight recognized parts of speech.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The latter was instantly recognized by every one to whom it was shown as true to nature.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
