ACKNOW

Ac‐know″ (ăk‐nō″), v. t. [[Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnāwan.]] 1. 1. To recognize. “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson.
2. 2. To acknowledge; to confess. Chaucer.
To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Sir T. More.