recognize

To know to be something that has been perceived before.

To know or identify from past experience or knowledge.

To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of.

To permit to address a meeting.

To accept officially the national status of as a new government.

To show awareness of; approve of or appreciate.

To admit the acquaintance of, as by salutation.

To enter into a recognizance.

To exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate, for example).

To cognize again.