acknowledge Copy link Outline 1. agnosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (with acc. of object, but not inf.)2. făteor, confĭteor3. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to take up and so acknowledge offspring)4. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (in same sense as suscipio) • acknowledge: i. e. to admit, own, confess: 1. agnosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (with acc. of object, but not inf.): to a. a charge, crimen agn., Cic.: to a. a debt, aes alienum agn., Ulp.: to a. an infant, infantem agn., Suet.: v. to recognise. 2. făteor, confĭteor: v. to confess. 3. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to take up and so acknowledge offspring): I have promised to a. the child, puerum pollicitus sum (me) suscepturum, Ter.: Cic. 4. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (in same sense as suscipio): to be unwilling to a. a female child, puellam nolle tollere, Ter.: they resolved to a. (the child), decreverunt tollere, Ter.: Cic.: v. to rear.