recognise
- v show approval or appreciation of
- v grant credentials to
- v detect with the senses
- v express greetings upon meeting someone
- v express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
- v be fully aware or cognizant of
- v perceive to be the same
- v accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
- But did we see town halls populated by Dem congress members exhorting citizens to not recognise Bush as president? Did we have months and months of angry protest meetings where .
- Another ongoing bone of contention between Turkey and the Orthodox community is Ankara's refusal to recognise the patriarch as ecumenical, meaning head of the Orthodox Christian .
- Even if Jesus, who was supposed to be all-forgiving, can't accept gay marriage, that doesn't mean the state cannot legally recognise it.