recognise

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something.; treat as worthy of consideration or valid.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To give an award.

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