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(ăg-nīz′)

Verb.

[Formed like

recognize

, fr. L.

agnoscere

To recognize; to acknowledge.

[Archaic]

I do

agnize

a natural and prompt alacrity.

Shakespeare

Verb.

To acknowledge. [Not in use.]

agnize ‎(third-person singular simple present agnizes, present participle agnizing, simple past and past participle agnized)

(transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.
- 1603?, William Shakespeare, Othello:
  I do agnisz / A natural and prompt alacrity / I find in hardness.