Definitions from Wiktionary (recognize)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
▸ verb:  (transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To review; to examine again.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To reconnoiter.
▸ verb:  (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
▸ verb:  to cognize again
▸ Also see recognize

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