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acknowledge
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acknowledge as in:  acknowledge her or the truth

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  • She acknowledged his complement with a smile
    acknowledged = express recognition
  • I wanted to acknowledge a part of myself that Abnegation demanded that I hide.  (source)
    acknowledge = admit (or recognize publicly)
  • She only steadied herself and raised her hand to acknowledge the mayor's wife, in the window.  (source)
    acknowledge = express recognition of
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  • He was with his friends and didn't acknowledge me in any way.  (source)
    acknowledge = express recognition of
  • "Actually, I've spoken to her a number of times," his mother acknowledged.  (source)
    acknowledged = admitted
  • He saw me and crossed the room, and we made small talk for several minutes, neither of us acknowledging that we hadn't seen each other in half a decade, neither of us alluding to why.  (source)
    acknowledging = expressing recognition
  • Something's changed between us, and neither one of us acknowledges it.  (source)
    acknowledges = expresses recognition of
  • The four unacknowledged members of our household were already climbing up to the secret room two times a day: in the morning to store their night clothes, bedding, and toilet articles, and in the evening to put away their day things.  (source)
    unacknowledged = secret (not openly recognized)
    standard 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.
  • 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.†  (source)
    acknowledgeth = recognizes
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She acknowledgeth" in older English, today we say "She acknowledges."
  • Marten was the acknowledger; my father was the mover.†  (source)
    acknowledger = one who recognizes
  • Sorrento didn't return these salutes or acknowledge his underlings in any way.  (source)
    acknowledge = express recognition of
  • Doug raised his arms, pointing his index fingers to the flaking gilt ceiling in the I'm-number-one sign, and acknowledged the clapping with a victory lap around the room.  (source)
    acknowledged = expressed recognition of
  • I didn't want him feeling embarrassed or defensive for finally acknowledging his son.  (source)
    acknowledging = expressing recognition of
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