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known

/noʊn/ noun A2
  1. Any fact or situation which is known or familiar. · You have to tell the knowns from the unknowns.
  2. A constant or variable the value of which is already determined.

Plural knowns

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Ye know how ye brought me up to an untried buck to make my weakness known.
The Jungle Book, p. 22 · B2
Be clean, for the strength of the hunter is known by the gloss of his hide.
The Jungle Book, p. 29 · B2
“I also have known what love is.
The Jungle Book, p. 45 · B2
He came down almost across her back, and if he had been an old mongoose he would have known that then was the time to break her back with one bite; but he was afraid of the terrible lashing return stroke of the cobra.
The Jungle Book, p. 69 · B2

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