RECOGNISE
recognise
Verb
- To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
 - To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as worthy of consideration or valid.
 - To acknowledge or consider as something.
 - To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
 - To give an award.
 
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