All 3 Uses of
acknowledge
in
Howards End
- New for me; sensible people have acknowledged it for years.†
Part 7 *acknowledged = recognized
- It had been a strange love-scene—the central radiance unacknowledged from first to last.†
Part 18unacknowledged = not admitted or recognizedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unacknowledged means not and reverses the meaning of acknowledged. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- His stepmother herself had said so, and even Miss Avery had acknowledged that he only used the flat of the sword.†
Part 42acknowledged = recognized
Definitions:
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(1)
(acknowledge as in: acknowledge her or the truth) express recognition or appreciation of someone or something; or admit something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Specialized senses include sending an "acknowledgement" (letter or other message) to indicate that something was received and the "acknowledgements" section at the beginning of a book where an author recognizes and thanks other people who helped in creating the book or ideas contained in it.