“knoweth” is a form of
know
UK /nəʊ/ · US /noʊ/ verb, noun, particle
Forms knows knowing knew knowed known knowest knewest knoweth knaa knowe
- verb (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. “I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.”
- verb (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant. “Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.”
- verb (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of. “Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.”
- verb (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
- verb (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. “I know your mother, but I've never met your father.”
- verb (transitive, archaic, biblical, euphemistic) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ‘know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know biblically’.
- verb (transitive) To experience. “Their relationship knew ups and downs.”
- verb To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study. “Let me do it. I know how it works.”
- noun (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
- noun Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)
- particle (Singlish) Used at the end of a sentence to draw attention to information one thinks the listener should keep in mind. “Make sure you water the plants, know…”
Synonyms
coitize go to bed with sleep with cognize cognise experience live acknowledge recognize recognise sleep together roll in the hay love make out make love get laid have sex do it be intimate have intercourse have it away have it off screw fuck jazz eff hump lie with bed have a go at it
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
* from Proto-Germanic: Scots knaw (“to know, recognise”), Icelandic knega (“to know, know how to, be able”), Old High German knājan (“to know, recognise”), Old Norse kná (“to know how”). Remotely related also Dutch and German kennen, West Frisian kenne (see English ken).
* from Indo-European: Latin gnoscō, Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Romanian cunoaște, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō, “to know”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“to know, recognise”), Russian знать (znatʹ, “to know”), Lithuanian žinoti (“to know”), Persian شناختن (šenâxtan, “to know”) and Hindi जानना (jānnā, “to know, understand”).
Shortening of you know (sense 4)—Singapore English favours pro-drop constructions (Wee, 2003).
Webster’s 1913
- noun Knee. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- verb To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
- verb To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
- verb To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; --often with of. Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Is. i. 3.
Etymology [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cnäwan; akin to OHG. chnäan (in comp.), Icel. knä to be able, Russ, znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. jn; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. (Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “know”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details