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Definition
express recognition of someone or something; or admit something
- The girl to whom she said this had a mulatto child, of course not acknowledged by its father.7 — The Lover (17% in)
- To my utter astonishment, he replied, "I don't believe it; but if she did acknowledge it, you tortured her into exposing me."6 — The Jealous Mistress (63% in)
- The poor black man who loved her would have been proud to acknowledge his helpless offspring.7 — The Lover (18% in)
- She expressed her opinion very freely as to the respect Mr. Sands showed for his wife, and for his own character, in acknowledging those "young niggers."27 — New Destination For The Children (75% in)
- "But," said he, "it is a pitiable and degrading business, and I always felt ashamed to acknowledge my brother in connection with it."30 — Northward Bound (67% in)
- She was grateful for the boon; but the idea of having been bought was always galling to a spirit that could never acknowledge itself to be a chattel.Appendix (63% in)
There are no more uses of "acknowledge" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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