Definition of ken

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ken    (kn) KEY 

NOUN:

1. Perception; understanding: complex issues well beyond our ken.
2. 1. Range of vision.
   2. View; sight.

VERB:
Scots kenned or kent  (knt) KEY , ken·ning, kens
VERB:
tr.

1. To know (a person or thing).
2. To recognize.

VERB:
intr.

To have knowledge or an understanding.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English kennen (influenced by Old Norse kenna, to know), from Old English cennan, to declare; see gn- in Indo-European roots