interknow

English

Alternative forms

• enter-know

Etymology

From inter- +‎ know.

Verb

interknow (third-person singular simple present interknows, present participle interknowing, simple past interknew, past participle interknown)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be mutually acquainted with.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     It is the only instrument by meanes whereof our wils and thoughts are communicated: it is the interpretour of our soules: If that faile us, we hold our selves no more, we enter-know one another no longer.

Related terms

• interknowledge