recognized, ppl. a.
(ˈrɛkəgnaɪzd)
[f. recognize v.1 + -ed1.]
Acknowledged, admitted; known.
| 1826 Disraeli Viv. Grey iii. viii, The nice etiquette, which was observed between recognised states, and non-recognised states, was really excessively amusing. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 93 The three centuries and a half during which classical paganism was the recognised religion of the empire. 1867 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. App. 547 The real and only recognized name of the united nation. 1945 Guide to Educ. System Eng. & Wales (Min. of Educ.) 60 Recognised Efficient School, independent school inspected by H.M.I.s and regarded as efficient by the Ministry. 1966 Rep. Comm. Inquiry Univ. Oxf. I. i. 47 We recommend that the existing university category of ‘Recognized Student’ should be revised. 1974 G. Hubbard Quaker by Convincement iv. i. 180 Until recently we were a Recognized Meeting, part of the Preparative Meeting of Kingston upon Thames, some three miles away. |
Hence ˈrecognizedly adv.
| 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. vi. 238 An honest adaptation of materials recognisedly in use to purposes in which their real nature was not disguised. 1875 Ruskin Fors Clav. xlix. 7 The consequences of recognizedly vicious conduct. |