Emily Dickinson Lexicon

know (-est, -ing, -s, -'st, knew, knewest, known), v. [OE ɔecnáwan.] (webplay: absence, acquaintence, ascertained, believe, blood, cause, certain, certainty, choose, circle, description, different, discovered, distinguish, doubt, evidence, examine, existence, exists, experience, express, eye(s). , fact, fire, fixed, fly, gained, God, grow, heard, heaven, human, ignorance, illumination, instructed, learn, limited, mind, notice, observation, part, perceive, perfect, person, planet, portrait, power, prudent, receive, recollection, recognize, rely on, remembrance, reports, see, senses, skillful, square, star, stranger, substances, taught, truth, twinkling, uncertainty, understand, unusual, water, will, wing, works, world).

1. Perceive as real or true; recognize something as truth or fact through the eyes or other senses.
2. Have full assurance; have satisfactory evidence of.
3. Be cognizant; be aware of through observation, inquiry, experience, information; be apprised of.
4. Feel acquainted with; feel familiar with through information, experience, or report.
5. Be able; be versed or skilled in through instruction, study, or practice.
6. Recognize by description, representation, remembrance, experience, or report.
7. Distinguish one thing from another.
8. Choose; favor; take an interest in.
9. Exist; live; have being; have consciousness.
10. Possess; own; confess; acknowledge.
11. Disclose; reveal; make manifest.
12. Experience; encounter; partake of.