Definitions for kenkɛn

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kenkɛn(n.; v.)kenned; kent, ken•ning.

(n.)knowledge or understanding:
an idea beyond one's ken.
range of sight or vision.
(v.t.)Chiefly Scot. to understand or know about.
Category: Scottish
Archaic. to see; recognize.
(v.i.)Chiefly Scot. to know; understand.
Category: Scottish

Origin of ken:

bef. 900; ME kennen to make known, see, know, OE cennan to make known, declare; c. OHG chennen, ON kenna, Go kannjan; akin to can1

Ken.

Kentucky.
Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

cognizance, ken(noun)
range of what one can know or understand
"beyond my ken"
sight, ken(noun)
the range of vision
"out of sight of land"

Wiktionary

ken(Noun)
Knowledge or perception.
ken(Noun)
Range of sight.
ken(Verb)
To know, perceive or understand.
ken(Verb)
To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.
Ken(ProperNoun)
A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.

Origin: Northern and Scottish dialects from cennan originally “make to know”, causative of cunnan, from kenna, from kannijanan, causative of . Cognate to kennen.

Webster Dictionary

Ken(noun)
a house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves
Ken(u)
to know; to understand; to take cognizance of
Ken(u)
to recognize; to descry; to discern
Ken(verb)
to look around
Ken(noun)
cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge

The New Hacker's Dictionary

ken
1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix. In the early days he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read “Love, ken”. Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes uncapitalized, because it's a login name and mail address) in third-person reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet, in particular) that without a last name ‘Ken’ refers only to Ken Thompson. Similarly, ‘Dennis’ without last name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is often known as dmr). See also demigod, Unix. 2. A flaming user. This was originated by the Software Support group at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers in the user community were both named Ken.