British spelling of 'recognizes,' meaning to identify someone or something from previous encounters or knowledge, or to acknowledge officially.
From Latin recognoscere, meaning 'to know again,' composed of re- (again) + cognoscere (to get to know). The word literally means to know something again, reflecting the mental process of matching current perception with memory.
Recognition is essentially time travel - every time we recognize something, we're pulling the past into the present, proving that memory is one of our most magical abilities, allowing us to live in multiple time periods simultaneously.
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