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(obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).

(chiefly Scotland) To know, perceive or understand.

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It was noted by them that kenned best that her cantrips were at their worst when the tides in the Sker Bay ebbed between the hours of twelve and one.

(obsolete, chiefly Scotland) To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

Range of perception.

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I had somehow the impression that he was on the point of letting go the ladder to swim away beyond my ken.

Knowledge, perception, or sight.

(nautical) Range of sight.

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At once as far as Angels kenn he views / The dismal Situation waste and wilde […]

(slang, UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.

(Judaism) Youth or children's group.

A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.

The tsurugi (type of sword).