To acknowledge, recognize, or admit formally; to accept responsibility for something.
From Latin 'agnoscere' (to recognize, acknowledge) with the English verb suffix '-ize.' Related to 'agnition,' this verb form emphasizes the action of recognizing.
The verb 'agnize' sounds archaic because it is—Shakespeare and his contemporaries used it, but it mostly disappeared as 'acknowledge' became standard, showing how language simplifies over centuries!
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