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acquaint
verb
(
transitive
) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be
acquainted
with it.
-John Locke
A man of sorrows and
acquainted
with grief.
-
Isaiah 53:3
(
ditransitive
) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to a friend with the particulars of an act.
Acquaint
her here of my son Paris' love.
-Shakespeare,
Romeo and Juliet
, III-iv
I must you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland.
-(
Shak.
),
Henry IV, Part II
, IV-i
(
context, obsolete, transitive
) To familiarize; to accustom.
Translations:
adjective
(
obsolete
) acquainted
Etymology:
(
term, aqueinten, lang=enm
), (
term, acointen, lang=enm
) < (
term, acointier, lang=fro
) < (
term, adcognitare, lang=la
) < (
term, ad, lang=la
) + (
term, cognitus, lang=la
), past participle of (
term, cognoscere, , to know, lang=la
) < (
term, con-, lang=la
) + (
term, noscere, , to know, lang=la
). See (
term, quaint
), (
term, know
).
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