Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner.
Recognize
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
I’m against genocide. I’m against fascism. I’m willing to fight against them so that, in that sense, I think one can still be committed to justice and committed to peace but recognize the circumstances under which one does have to fight.
The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
The laws recognize no obligation on the part of the slave to labor for or serve his master. If he refuse to labor, the law will not interfere to compel him. The master must do his own flogging, as in the case of an ox or a horse.
It’s absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book ‘An American Dream’ is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don’t catch him in a defensive position, he’ll admit it. I’d really like to help that man.
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.
You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.
For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.