/ken/ , n. , v. , kenned or kent, kenning .
n.
1. knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken.
2. range of sight or vision.
v.t.
3. Chiefly Scot.
a. to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with (a person or thing).
b. to understand or perceive (an idea or situation).
4. Scots Law. to acknowledge as heir; recognize by a judicial act.
5. Archaic. to see; descry; recognize.
6. Brit. Dial. Archaic.
a. to declare, acknowledge, or confess (something).
b. to teach, direct, or guide (someone).
v.i.
7. Brit. Dial.
a. to have knowledge of something.
b. to understand.
[ bef. 900; ME kennen to make known, see, know, OE cennan to make known, declare; c. ON kenna, G kennen; akin to CAN 1 ]