Ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.]
  1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]
  2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] “We ken them from afar.”
     'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.   --Shak.
  ken
       n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
            [syn: cognizance]
       2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight]
       [also: kent, kenning, kenned]