Antonyms for kenned


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ken
Phonetic Transcription : kɛn


Definition of kenned

Origin :
  • "to know," Scottish dialect, from Old English cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge" (in late Old English also "to know"), originally "make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with German kennen, Danish kjende, Swedish känna. Related: Kenned; kenning.
  • As in know : verb understand information
  • As in understand : verb appreciate, comprehend
Example sentences :
  • I kenned it would end that way—and it is e'en this way that it should end!
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • “I kenned by this time what he was to be at,” said John to Allison, when he had got thus far.
  • Extract from : « Allison Bain » by Margaret Murray Robertson
  • I doubt you may have a sorer heart to carry about with you than you have kenned of yet.
  • Extract from : « The Orphans of Glen Elder » by Margaret Murray Robertson
  • He was a manly, pleasant lad, in the days when I kenned him.
  • Extract from : « Janet's Love and Service » by Margaret M Robertson
  • Then one of the officers blew a whistle, and I kenned what that was for.
  • Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
  • And I'm sure, if a' was kenned, I have more to complain o' than she has.
  • Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
  • But I dinna ken if it would be wi' t' Master, if he kenned all we do.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Mary Elizabeth Carter
  • At your age I had kenned the bride-bed, and the birth-bed, and o' but kenned the death-bed.
  • Extract from : « Barbara Lynn » by Emily J. Jenkinson
  • Now "Auld Anton" of the Duchrae was a kenned man all over the country-side.
  • Extract from : « The Men of the Moss-Hags » by S. R. Crockett
  • It was but a puir Westland man that we kenned not the name o'.
  • Extract from : « The Men of the Moss-Hags » by S. R. Crockett

Synonyms for kenned

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