All 6 Uses of
acknowledge
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- To my utter astonishment, he replied, "I don't believe it; but if she did acknowledge it, you tortured her into exposing me."†
Chpt 6acknowledge = recognize
- The girl to whom she said this had a mulatto child, of course not acknowledged by its father.†
Chpt 7 *acknowledged = recognized
- The poor black man who loved her would have been proud to acknowledge his helpless offspring.†
Chpt 7acknowledge = recognize
- 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."†
Chpt 27acknowledging = recognizing
- "But," said he, "it is a pitiable and degrading business, and I always felt ashamed to acknowledge my brother in connection with it."†
Chpt 30acknowledge = recognize
- 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.†
Chpt Appe
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) 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.