The Collaborative International Dictionary
Know \Know\, v. i.
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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.If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
--John vii. 17.The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.
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To be assured; to feel confident.
To know of, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] `` Know of your youth, examine well your blood.''
--Shak.
Usage examples of "to know of".
The faint glow of the lantern did not reach up there, but she needed no light to know of the staircases and balconies, the great fieldstone chimney at one end, the minstrels’.
He knew that Vera Vanderpool had escaped the blight of Broadway to choose the worthwhile, the true, the vital things of life, and that was about all he now cared to know of the actual play.
In the morning, at midday, and in the evening we students were required to swallow Educational Pills developed by the Wogglebug himself, thus imbibing more than most of us cared to know of reading, writing, arithmetic, and such other pedantic pursuits.
Merton also glared at Amos, but discreetly, at moments when the other's back was turned or when he was blandly wishing to know of Mrs.
Little, sharp-faced men had sidled up to pay their respects, and they happened to know of a job waiting for the right touch-He brushed them off.
I understand the parts of her that think as I do, for she wishes to know of all living things.
I do not wish the city -- the priests -- anyone -- to know of his madness.
But never had I allowed them to know of their confinement, their status as mere extrapolations.
Bransome got to know of this, and was offended at it, I do not know, but shortly afterward he ceased to live with us.
It is much to know of an unknown danger that it really is unknown.