agnize

verb

ag·​nize ag-ˈnīz 

agnized; agnizing; agnizes

transitive verb

archaic

: recognize, acknowledge

I do agnize / a natural and prompt alacrity …

—William Shakespeare

… the King … now of late agnized and declared Supreme Head of the Church of England …

—John Strype

Word History

Etymology

Latin agnōscere "to recognize, acknowledge" (from ad- ad- + gnōscere, nōscere "to get to know") + -ize, by analogy with Latin recognōscere and recognize

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for agnize

• advise
• applies
• apprise
• arise
• assize
• baptize
• belies
• bitwise
• capsize
• chastise
• chordwise
• clockwise