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  • 51ken — I UK [ken] / US noun [uncountable] beyond someone s ken II UK [ken] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms ken : present tense I/you/we/they ken he/she/it kens present participle kenning past tense kent UK [kent] / US or kenned past… …

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  • 52Ken'ei — [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 221 229; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 220 221.] Change of era*; 1206: The new era name was created to mark an event or a… …

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  • 53ken — [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know. In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 54ken — [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know. In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative… …

    Word origins

  • 55Kèn đám ma — The kèn đám ma is a double reed wind instrument used in the traditional music of northern Vietnam. It has a conical bore and is similar in construction and sound to the Chinese suona and the Korean taepyeongso . It is typically used to perform… …

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  • 56Ken — Kẹn, das; , [jap. ken]: Verwaltungsbezirk in Japan. * * * Kẹn   das, / ,    1) Ikken, altes japanisches Längenmaß, 1 Ken = 1,818 m.    2) japanische Verwaltungseinheit (Präfektur).   * * * Kẹn, das; , [jap. ken]: Verwaltungsbezirk in Japan …

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  • 57ken — n. understanding beyond; within one s ken * * * [ken] within one s ken [ understanding ] beyond …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 58ken — {{11}}ken (n.1) range of sight, 1580s, a nautical abbreviation of KENNING (Cf. kenning). {{12}}ken (n.2) house where thieves meet, 1560s, vagabonds slang, probably a shortening of KENNEL (Cf. kennel). {{12}}ken (v.) to know, Scottish dialect,… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 59ken — I. verb (kenned; kenning) Etymology: Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan to make known & Old Norse kenna to perceive; both akin to Old English can know more at can Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. archaic see …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 60ken- — Fresh, new, young. 1. Suffixed form *ken t . recent, from Latin recēns, young, fresh, new (re , again; see re ). 2. Suffixed zero grade form *kn̥ yo . cene; cainotophobia, Cenozoic …

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