[f. as prec. + -ING1.] Recognizing or admitting as true or valid; owning, confessing or avowing. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1561. T. N[orton], Calvin’s Instit., III. 324. To come to the acknowledginge of the trueth.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Conocimiento, knowledge, acknowledging, Cognitio, agnitio, notitia.
1611. Bible, Philemon 6. The acknowledging of euery good thing.
Mod. I should like to know the facts before acknowledging the letter.
