To Perceive, To Acknowledge, To Approve, To Admit
Transitive verb and Ichidan verb
みとめる
認めるのは悔しいけど、今回はフグはいい仕事をしていると思うよ。
I hate to admit it, but I think Fugu is doing a great job this time.
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means recognize so the verb vocab version is to recognize.
The reason I was able to recognize you is because your face was covered in meat (みと). Your face was always covered in meat all those years ago too!