ACKNOWLEDGE Copy link • ACKNOWLEDGEagnoscere, cognoscere (to recognize anything, then to acknowledge it to be what it is): appellare aliquem (with accusative of a title: to acknowledge, e.g., a king, etc.). To acknowledge a man for one’s son, agnoscere aliquem tilium: not to acknowledge him as one’s son any longer, abdicare filium. To acknowledge a man as king, regem appellare aliquem (to declare him king), aliquiparere (to obey him): not to acknowledge a man for one’s king, detrectare alicujus imperium. Confess, fateor (mostly implying a previous question), confiteor, profiteor (confiteor, reluctantly, from being unable to conceal: profiteor, freely, openly), often joined with prae se ferre. To acknowledge openly, honestly, freely, aperte, ingenue, aperte et ingenue, libere confiteri; libere profiteri. To acknowledge a debt, confiteri aes alienum (xii tabb. ap. Gell., etc.), confiteri nomen: fateri se debere, not to acknowledge a debt, infitiari debitum. To acknowledge a sin, confiteri peccatum (Cic.) or se peccasse. To acknowledge the truth of Christianity, Christum sequi; *doctrinam Christianamprofiteri. To allow that one has received, implying that one owes a return: to acknowledge kindnesses, beneficia grate interpretari (Plin., Ep., 2, 13, 9). To acknowledge that they are conquered, unskillful, etc., confiteri se victos, imperitos, etc.