ACKNOWL'EDGE, Aknol'edge, ad and knowledge. See Know.
1. To own, avow or admit to be true, by a declaration of assent as to acknowledge the being of a God.
2. To own or notice with particular regard.
In all thy ways acknowledge God. Proverbs 3 . Isaiah 33 .
3. To own or confess, as implying a consciousness of guilt.
I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalms 51,32 .
4. To own with assent to admit or receive with approbation.
He that acknowledgeth the son, hath the father also.
1 John 2 . 2 Timothy 2 .
5. To own with gratitude to own as a benefit as, to acknowledge a favor, or the receipt of a gift.
Thy his gifts acknowledged not.
6. To own or admit to belong to as, to acknowledge a son.
7. To receive with respect.
All that see them shall acknowledge that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. Isaiah 6 . 1 Corinthians 16 .
8. To own, avow or assent to an act in a legal form, to give it validity as, to acknowledge a deed before competent authority.