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ken verb, past tense kent to know: Fine I kent that he had phoned for the hornies. [I knew that he had telephoned the police] 1a14-. etymology: Scots; Middle English ken, Old English cennan ‘make known’ Old Norse kenna ‘know, teach, tell’; ken has superseded knaw in Modern Scots; attested by BS in TDITA, SS, ET, BW and DW