recognize

verb9

1. •
   to see or hear someone or something and remember them from an earlier time

   • I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.
2. •
   to cognize again
3. •
   To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).

   • Slavery is widely recognized as immoral.
   • I recognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable.
4. •
   To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.

   • The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.
5. •
   To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.

   • His services were recognized in a testimonial.
   • The soldier was recognized in dispatches.
6. •
   To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
7. •
   To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
8. •
   (no longer used) To review; to examine again.

   • We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to[…]your maiestie, to be recognised, ouersene, and corrected. — 1534
9. •
   (no longer used) To reconnoiter.

   • before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde to recognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade — 1637