Mr. Darcy often acknowledged himself to be under the greatest obligations to my father’s active superintendence, and when, immediately before my father’s death, Mr. Darcy gave him a voluntary promise of providing for me, I am convinced that he felt it to be as much a debt of gratitude to him, as of his affection to myself.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
To Elizabeth, however, he voluntarily acknowledged that the necessity of his absence had been self-imposed.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
But as a practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— generally recognized, accepted, or admitted
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Macmillan
— to accept or admit that something exists, is true, or is real
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Other Word Forms
acknowledge
acknowledges
acknowledging
Usage
1 use of ‘acknowledged’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle