ken (kɛn)
n., v. kenned kent, kenning
n.
1. knowledge or understanding: an idea beyond one’s ken.
2. range of sight or vision.
v.t.
3. Chiefly Scot. to understand or know about.
4. Archaic. to see; recognize.
v.i.
5. Chiefly Scot. to know; understand.
[before 900; Middle English kennen to make known]