beknown, ppl. a. arch.
(bɪˈnəʊn)
[See beknow.]
Known, acquainted, familiar.
| 1429 Pol. Poems (1859) II. 147 A Marschalle full woorthyly beknowe. 1513 Douglas æneis vii. ii. 17 On bankis weilbiknaw. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 241 Let our figure enjoy his best beknowen name. a 1618 Sylvester Job Triumph. i. 486 Nor of his place is any more beknown. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. xii, The seaman was beknown to me. |