Sentence:  It was enough for people to <WSD>know</WSD> that at one time he had looked down the street at the fleshy suppleness of a woman he had consumed - watching her become thinner and thinner in the distance , as thin as the seams on her stockings , and still thinner . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about