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kelvin
Kelvin scale
Kelvinside
Kemerovo
kemp
Kemp’s ridley
kempt
Ken.
ken
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kendal green
kendo
Kenilworth
Kennebec
Kennebunkport
Kennedy, Cape
Kennedy, Mount
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ken

ken [ ken ]


noun 
Definition:
 
knowledge: somebody's knowledge or understanding
It's beyond my ken.



transitive and intransitive verb  (past kenned or kent [ kent ], past participle kenned or kent, present participle ken·ning, 3rd person present singular kens)
Definition:
 
Scotland 
Same as  know


[ Old English cennan "make known" < Indo-European]
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