knowing

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But because, our knowing is the ground of our account, the Apostle beginneth with knowledge.

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  1. adjective Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding. See Synonyms at intelligent.
  2. adjective Showing clever awareness and resourcefulness; shrewd.
  3. adjective Suggestive of secret or private knowledge: a knowing glance.
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  • "Babepipæ;"—evidently the writer in neither case knowing the meaning of the English word which he attempted so unsuccessfully to copy. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Henri of Monmouth Vol. II by J. Endell Tyler
  • Whether abstracted from us there exists any thing higher and beyond this primary self- knowing, which is for us the form of all our knowing, must be decided by the result That the self-consciousness is the fixt point, to which for us all is morticed and annexed, needs no further proof. —  Biographia Literaria
  • He answered in Russian, knowing McBride understood. —  The Last Oracle by James Rollins
  • But because, our knowing is the ground of our account, the Apostle beginneth with knowledge. —  Latest Articles
  • A meandering passage recording the life of an ordinary clergyman as it careens from the sublime to the ridiculous, often without knowing which is which. —  UUpdates - All updates
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  1. from Middle English knowinge, cnawing, from Anglo-Saxon cnāwung, verbal noun of cnāwan, know: see know.
  2. Ppr. of know, v.
 

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