ACQUAINT

acquaint

(verb) inform; “Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move”

familiarize, familiarise, acquaint

(verb) make familiar or conversant with; “you should acquaint yourself with your new computer”; “We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings”

introduce, present, acquaint

(verb) cause to come to know personally; “permit me to acquaint you with my son”; “introduce the new neighbors to the community”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (to make familiar): familiarize

• (to communicate notice to): advise, apprise, inform; See also inform

• (to familiarize; to accustom): habituate, inure

Adjective

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



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