Emily Dickinson Lexicon

recognize (-d, recognizing), v. [OFr < L. recognōscěre < re-, again + co-, together + (g)nōscěre, know.] (webplay: formerly, God, known, remembrance, saints).

1. Know; recollect; remember; recall; be familiar with; confess acquaintance with; acknowledge as previously encountered.
2. See; perceive; notice; realize; understand; be aware of; acknowledge the existence of.
3. Acknowledge; confess; glorify; praise.