All 4 Uses of
acknowledge
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- He had no sister, of course, or any living family that he acknowledged.†
p. 5.6acknowledged = recognized
- Caroline watched him from the doorway—she was not allowed to enter this room except by invitation—but he did not acknowledge her.†
p. 96.2acknowledge = recognize
- She had given up those pleasures willingly; she had embraced this change out of some deep unacknowledged yearning.†
p. 103.1 *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.
- She nodded, tears in her eyes, that younger version of herself still alive, still standing by the edge of the memorial service, unacknowledged, invisible.†
p. 246.8
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.