Recognize

1. To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
2. To reconnoiter.
3. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
4. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
5. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
6. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
7. To review; to reexamine.