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#490. Knowledge.—
N. knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence|;
acquaintance, experience, ken, privity[obs3], insight,
familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition;
appreciation &c. (judgment) 480; intuition; conscience,
consciousness; perception, precognition; acroamatics|!.
light, enlightenment;
glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn;
scent, suspicion; impression &c. (idea) 453; discovery
&c. 480a.
system of knowledge,
body of knowledge; science, philosophy,
pansophy[obs3]; acroama|!; theory, aetiology[obs3],
etiology; circle of the sciences; pandect[obs3], doctrine,
body of doctrine; cyclopedia, encyclopedia; school
&c. (system of opinions) 484.
tree of knowledge; republic
of letters &c. (language) 560.
erudition, learning,
lore, scholarship, reading, letters; literature;
book madness; book learning, bookishness; bibliomania[obs3],
bibliolatry[obs3]; information, general information;
store of knowledge &c.; education &c. (teaching) 537;
culture, menticulture[obs3], attainments; acquirements,
acquisitions; accomplishments; proficiency; practical
knowledge &c. (skill) 698; liberal education; dilettantism;
rudiments &c (beginning) 66.
deep knowledge, profound
knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate
knowledge, acroatic knowledge[obs3], acroamatic knowledge[obs3],
vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic
knowledge, encyclopedic learning; omniscience, pantology[obs3].
march of intellect;
progress of science, advance of science, advance
of learning; schoolmaster abroad.
[person who knows much]
scholar &c. 492.
V. know, ken, scan,
wot[obs3]; wot aware[obs3], be aware &c. adj.- of;
ween[obs3], weet[obs3], trow[obs3], have, possess.
conceive; apprehend,
comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy*
[U.S.], appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern,
perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience.
know full well; have
some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of; be
au courant &c. adj.; have in one’s head, have
at one’ fingers ends; know by heart, know by
rote; be master of; connaitre le dessous des cartes[Fr],
know what’s what &c. 698.
see one’s way;
discover &c. 480a.
come to one’s
knowledge &c. (information) 527.
Adj. knowing &c. v.;
cognitive; acroamatic[obs3].
aware of, cognizant
of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted
with; privy to, no stranger to; au -fait, au courant;
in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes,
behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed
of; undeceived.
proficient with, versed
with, read with, forward with, strong with, at
home in; conversant with, familiar with.
erudite, instructed,
leaned, lettered, educated; well conned, well
informed, well read, well grounded, well educated;
enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic,
solid, profound, deep-read, book-learned; accomplished


