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VERB:1. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of. Also used with up: acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, grant. Slang : fess up. Chiefly Regional : allow. See AFFIRM, KNOWLEDGE. 2. To keep at one's disposal: have, hold, possess, retain. See KEEP.
 
 
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