verb (v)

• accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  We do not recognize your gods.
  

  Synonym:
  acknowledge, know, recognise
  

  source: wordnet30
• be fully aware or cognizant of(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognise
  

  source: wordnet30
• detect with the senses(verb.perception)

  Synonym:
  discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, spot, tell apart
  

  source: wordnet30
• perceive to be the same(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  recognise
  

  source: wordnet30
• grant credentials to(verb.social)

  Example:
  The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution.
  Recognize an academic degree.
  

  Synonym:
  accredit, recognise
  

  source: wordnet30
• express greetings upon meeting someone(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  greet, recognise
  

  source: wordnet30
• express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  acknowledge, recognise
  

  source: wordnet30
• exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)(verb.stative)

  source: wordnet30
• show approval or appreciation of(verb.social)

  Example:
  My work is not recognized by anybody!.
  The best student was recognized by the Dean.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.(verb)

  source: webster1913