Recognize
Recognize (rek"og*nīz) , transitive verb
[From Recognizance; see Cognition, and compare Reconnoiter.]
1.
To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen.
2.
To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
3.
To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
4.
To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
5.
To review; to reexamine. [Obsolete] — South
6.
To reconnoiter. [Obsolete] — R. Monro
Recognize , intransitive verb
(Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.