Ken appeared on the English horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers in particular. Its meaning soon broadened, however, to mean “range of vision” or “sight” on land or sea.
KEN definition: 1. not in your area of knowledge: 2. to know someone or something 3. not in your area of…. Learn more.
Define ken. ken synonyms, ken pronunciation, ken translation, English dictionary definition of ken. n. 1. Perception; understanding: complex issues well beyond our ken.
In common usage a fossil word, found only in phrases such as beyond one’s ken and swim into one’s ken.
In Scots law, to acknowledge or recognize by a judicial act: as, to ken a widow to her terce (that is, to recognize or decree by a judicial act the right of a widow to the life-rent of her share of her deceased husband's lands).
KEN definition: knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception. See examples of ken used in a sentence.
Definition of ken noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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