Ken appeared on the English horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers …

Ken definition: knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.. See examples of KEN used in a sentence.

KEN definition: 1. not in your area of knowledge: 2. to know someone or something 3. not in your area of…. Learn more.

1. knowledge or understanding: an idea beyond one's ken. 2. range of sight or vision.

Ken is a masculine given name of Japanese and Scottish Gaelic origin. The Japanese given name is common among males. It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji …

Ken in American English (ken) noun a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth

3 days ago · In common usage a fossil word, found only in phrases such as beyond one’s ken and swim into one’s ken.

In this context, the phrase is infelicitous : ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension.

9 hours ago · Ken Burns says he wants to strip away ‘the barnacles of sentimentality’ around the American Revolution — but his film creates new barnacles romanticizing ‘oppressed’ groups.…

In Scots law, to acknowledge or recognize by a judicial act: as, to ken a widow to her terce (that is, to recognize or decree by a judicial act the right of a widow to the life-rent of her share of …