recognize

To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.BritishEnglishOxford

• I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.

To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.BritishEnglishOxford

• The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.

To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).BritishEnglishOxford

• Slavery is widely recognized as immoral.
• I recognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable.

To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.BritishEnglishOxford

• In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.BritishEnglishOxford

• His services were recognized in a testimonial.
• The soldier was recognized in dispatches.

To review; to examine again.BritishEnglishOxford

• We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to[…]your maiestie, to be recognised, ouersene, and corrected.

To reconnoiter.BritishEnglishOxford

• before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde to recognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade

To have the property to bind to specific antigens.BritishEnglishOxford

to cognize againBritishEnglishNorth-American