interknow en · VERB
Etymology
From inter- + know.
Meanings
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(intransitive, obsolete) To be mutually acquainted with.
It is the only instrument by meanes whereof our wils and thoughts are communicated: it is the interpretour of our soules: If that faile us, we hold our selves no more, we enter-know one another no longer.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| interknew | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enter-know | alternative | lexicographic | |
| interknown | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| interknows | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| interknowing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |