Knowledge

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Acknowledge.

II. Knowledge ·vi Sexual intercourse;

— usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.

III. Knowledge ·vi Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.

IV. Knowledge ·vi That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.

V. Knowledge ·vi That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition;

— chiefly used in the plural.

VI. Knowledge ·vi That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.

VII. Knowledge ·vi The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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