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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ken / ken/ • n. [in sing.] one's range of knowledge or sight: such determination is beyond my ken. • v. (ken·ning ; past and past part. kenned or kent / kent/ ) [tr.] Scot. & N. English know: d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that? ORIGIN: Old English cennan ‘tell, make known,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German kennen ‘know, be acquainted with,’ from an Indo-European root shared by can¹ and know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th cent.

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ken

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ken †make known OE.; (arch., dial.) know XIII. OE. cennan = OS. kennian (Du. kennen), (O)HG. kennen, ON. kenna, Goth. kannjan, f. Gmc. * kann-know, CAN2. Prop. causative, ‘make known’, which was the only use in OE. and Gothic, but in Gmc. langs. gen. it acquired the sense ‘know’ at an early period; in Eng. this use may be immed. due to Norse; in Sc. it has displaced knaw, KNOW.
Hence ken sb. †measure of distance at sea; range of vision or perception. XVI.

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Ken

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

Ken A user who frequently initiates FLAMES. The derivation of the term is unclear, but the most probable is that it was the first name of an early flamer.

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Ken

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Ken ♂ Short form of Kenneth, or occasionally of various other boys' names with this first syllable. It is occasionally used independently.

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ken

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

ken •Adrienne, again, amen, Ardennes, Behn, Ben, Benn, Bren, cayenne, Cévennes, Dairen, den, en, fen, gen, glen, Glenn, Guyenne, Gwen, hen, julienne, Karen, ken, Len, Loren, men, Nene, Ogaden, paren, pen, Penn, Phnom Penh, Rennes, Shenzhen, Sun Yat-sen, ten, then, Tlemcen, when, wren, yen, zazen, Zen •Chechen • Nurofen • peahen •moorhen • Origen • allergen • admen •bagmen, ragmen, swagmen •packmen • gasmen • taxmen •jazzmen • ramen • yardmen • legmen •chessmen • repairmen • flamen •mailmen • cavemen • he-men •freedmen • milkmen • linkmen •middlemen • wingmen • hitmen •handymen • bogeymen • hymen •icemen • conmen • strongmen •lawmen, strawmen •cognomen, nomen, praenomen, snowmen •patrolmen • oilmen • Shumen •newsmen •frontmen, stuntmen •firemen, wiremen •anchormen • newspapermen •cameramen • motormen •weathermen • mermen • playpen •pigpen • fountain pen • bullpen •samisen • Leuven • Ceinwen •somewhen

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