Ken
Ken (ken) , noun
[Perh. from kennel.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, English]
Ken (kend) , transitive verb
[Old English kennen to teach, make known, know, Anglo-Saxon cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icelandic kenna to know; akin to Dutch & German kennen to know, Gothic kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to Anglo-Saxon cunnan to know, Gothic kunnan. r45. See Can to be able, Know.]
1.
To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scottish]
2.
To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scottish]
We ken them from afar.
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.
Ken , intransitive verb
To look around. [Obsolete] — Burton
Ken , noun
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
Beyond his ken.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
It was relief to quit the ken
And the inquiring looks of men.