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In literature, "agnize" functions as a formal verb that conveys the act of recognizing or acknowledging something, whether it be an inner quality, a situation, or even destiny itself. For instance, its use in dramatic declarations—asserting readiness to engage in conflict or to embrace intrinsic alacrity—underscores a vigorous and intentional recognition as seen in the works of Shakespeare [1][2][3][4]. In more reflective passages, the term shifts to emphasize an almost philosophical discernment of one's role in predetermined actions, suggesting that acknowledgment itself can be an inherent drive to act [5]. Additionally, its lighter, conversational tone in other contexts indicates a flexible usage that can simply mean to note or identify something with clarity [6][7][8].
  1. My thrice-driven bed of down: I do agnize A natural and prompt alacrity I find in hardness; and do undertake These present wars against the Ottomites.
    — from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
  2. I do agnize A natural and prompt alacrity
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  3. I do agnize A Naturall and prompt Alacratie, I finde in hardnesse: and do vndertake This present Warres against the Ottamites.
    — from Othello by William Shakespeare
  4. I do agnize A natural and prompt alacrity I find in hardness and do undertake These present wars against the Ottomites.
    — from Othello by William Shakespeare
  5. We do not act because we agnize, but we agnize because we are destined to act.
    — from The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English
  6. Whom e'er shall I agnize or view aright?
    — from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto
  7. The costume (will he agnize it?) was as of a desk-fellow or Socius Plutei.
    — from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Charles Lamb
  8. Well, I do agnize something of the sort.
    — from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb

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