ken
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ken \Ken\, n.
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
"Beyond his ken." --Longfellow.
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Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
--South.
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It was relief to quit the ken
And the inquiring looks of men. --Trench.
Kendal green
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ken \Ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned} (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.
cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related
Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.
kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to
AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be
able, {Know}.]
1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or
Scot.]
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2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
"We ken them from afar." --Addison
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'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
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from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
ken
/ken/, n.
1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix. In the early days
he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read
"Love, ken". Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes
uncapitalized, because it's a login name and mail address) in
third-person reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet, in
particular) that without a last name `Ken' refers only to Ken
Thompson. Similarly, `Dennis' without last name means Dennis Ritchie
(and he is often known as dmr). See also {demigod}, {Unix}.
2. A flaming user. This was originated by the Software Support group
at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers in the user community
were both named Ken.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
155 Moby Thesaurus words for "ken":
absorb, acquaintance, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate,
be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of,
be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be with one,
behold, catch, catch on, catch sight of, clap eyes on, clear sight,
cognize, color vision, command, comprehend, comprehension,
conceive, conceptualize, cone vision, corpus, data, datum,
day vision, daylight vision, descry, dig, digest, discern,
discernment, discover, distinguish, domination, espy, experience,
expertise, eye, eye-mindedness, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, facts,
factual base, familiarity, farsight, farsightedness, fathom,
field of view, field of vision, follow, get, get hold of,
get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, glimpse, grasp, have,
have in sight, have information about, have it taped,
have knowledge of, horizon, information, intelligence, intimacy,
keen sight, know, know-how, knowing, knowledge, lay eyes on, learn,
limit of vision, line of sight, look on, look upon, make out,
master, naked eye, night vision, notice, observe, outlook,
outlook over, perceive, perception, peripheral field,
peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity,
photopia, pick out, possess, power of sight, practical knowledge,
prehend, private knowledge, privity, prospect, purview,
quick sight, range, ratio cognoscendi, reach, read, realize,
recognize, rod vision, savvy, scan, scope, scope of vision,
scotopia, see, seeing, seize, seize the meaning, self-knowledge,
sense, sense of sight, sight, sightedness, sightliness, spot, spy,
survey, sweep, take, take in, technic, technics, technique, twig,
twilight vision, understand, understanding, unobstructed vision,
view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense,
witness, wot, wot of
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