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Ken
proper noun 
  1. (given name, male, , ), a diminutive of Kenneth.
     

ken
noun 
  1. knowledge, Knowledge or perception.
  2. (nautical) Range of sight.
verb (kens, kenning, kenned or kent, kenned or kent)
  1. (transitive) To know, perceive or understand.
Etymology: Northern dialect and (Sco.) from cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge," originally "make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know". The noun meaning "range of sight" is a nautical abbreviation of present participle kenning.

     
 
  

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