All 7 Uses of
acknowledge
in
Lonesome Dove
- But, if one cuts more deeply, the lonesome dove is Newt, a lonely teenager who is the unacknowledged son of Captain Call and a kindly whore named Maggie, who is now dead.†
Chpt Pref.unacknowledged = 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.
- So the central theme of the novel is not the stocking of Montana but unacknowledged paternity.†
Chpt Pref.
- I thought he would finally admit or acknowledge that Newt was his son.†
Chpt Pref.acknowledge = recognize
- Newt asked Deets, the acknowledged expert on times and distances.†
Chpt 19-20 *acknowledged = recognized
- Po and Deets, the acknowledged experts on weather, discussed the situation and admitted they didn't know when it might stop raining.†
Chpt 60-61
- Once or twice he asked Deets how soon they could expect to come to the end of them, for Deets was the acknowledged expert on distances, but this time Deets had to admit he was stumped.†
Chpt 66-67
- Lorena didn't acknowledge him—she remembered how he had always tried to look up her skirts when she came downstairs.†
Chpt 72-73acknowledge = recognize
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.