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Definitions of knowledge

  1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  2. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition. Webster Dictionary DB
  3. That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition. Webster Dictionary DB
  4. That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life. Webster Dictionary DB
  5. Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge. Webster Dictionary DB
  6. To acknowledge. Webster Dictionary DB
  7. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; - chiefly used in the plural. Webster Dictionary DB
  8. Sexual intercourse; - usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge. Webster Dictionary DB
  9. The body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time, the cumulated sum of information, its volume and nature, in any civilization, period, or country. Medical Dictionary DB
  10. Clear perception of a truth; learning; skill from practice; acquaintance; information. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
  11. Assured belief: that which is known: information, instruction: enlightenment, learning: practical skill. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  12. Assured belief; anything known; information; learning. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
  13. That which is known; information; learning. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  14. A clear and certain perception of that which exists; that which is known; cognition; learning; erudition; skill from practice; acquaintance with any fact or person; cognizance; information; sexual intercourse. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
  15. Certain perception; learning; that which is known; information; skill in anything. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  16. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural. mso.anu.edu.au
  17. Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge. mso.anu.edu.au
  18. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; chiefly used in the plural. dictgcide_fs
  19. Sexual intercourse; usually preceded by carnal; same as carnal knowledge. dictgcide_fs
  20. nol'ej, n. assured belief: that which is known: information, instruction: enlightenment, learning: practical skill.--adj. KNOWL'EDGEABLE (coll.), possessing knowledge: intelligent.--n. KNOWL'EDGE-BOX (slang), the head.--TO ONE'S KNOWLEDGE, so far as one knows. [M. E. knowleche, where -leche is the Northern form of the suffix in wed-lock, being A.S. lác, gift, sport.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683
  21. Knowing, familiarity gained by experience, (of person, thing, fact); person\'s range of information, as it came to my k. (became known to me), not to my k., not so far as I know, he had to my (certain) k. been bribed (I know he had); theoretical or practical understanding (of subject, language, &c.); the sum of what is known, as every branch of k. [middle English] Concise Oxford Dictionary
  22. n. [English] Act of knowing; direct perception; apprehension;— cognition; comprehension; understanding mental enlightenment; learning; erudition; science;— acquaintance with; cognizance; familiarity acquired by experience; hence, practical skill :— in a general sense, notice; information. Cabinet Dictionary
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