acquaint
(verb) inform; âPlease acquaint your colleagues of your plans to moveâ
familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
(verb) make familiar or conversant with; âyou should acquaint yourself with your new computerâ; âWe familiarized ourselves with the new surroundingsâ
introduce, present, acquaint
(verb) cause to come to know personally; âpermit me to acquaint you with my sonâ; âintroduce the new neighbors to the communityâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acquaint (third-person singular simple present acquaints, present participle acquainting, simple past and past participle acquainted)
(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
(transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.
(transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
• (to make familiar): familiarize
• (to communicate notice to): advise, apprise, inform; See also inform
• (to familiarize; to accustom): habituate, inure
acquaint (not comparable)
(obsolete) Acquainted.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*quaint", a. Etym: [OF. acoint. See Acquaint, v. t.]
Definition: Acquainted. [Obs.]
Ac*quaint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquainting.] Etym: [OE. aqueinten, acointen, OF. acointier, LL. adcognitare, fr. L. ad + cognitus, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con- + noscere to know. See Quaint, Know.]
1. 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. Locke. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isa. liii. 3.
2. To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act. Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love. Shak. I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland. Shak.
3. To familiarize; to accustom. [Obs.] Evelyn. To be acquainted with, to be possessed of personal knowledge of; to be cognizant of; to be more or less familiar with; to be on terms of social intercourse with.
Syn.
– To inform; apprise; communicate; advise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 January 2025
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; ââDonât you feel well?â his mother asked solicitouslyâ
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
