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acquaint (verb)

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  • acquaint — ► VERB 1) (acquaint with) make (someone) aware of or familiar with. 2) (be acquainted with) know personally. 3) (be acquainted) (of two or more people) know each other personally. ORIGIN Latin accognitare, from cognoscere come to know …   English terms dictionary

  • acquaint — verb (T) 1 be acquainted (with sb) to know someone, especially because you have met once or twice before: I am acquainted with him, but only on a professional basis. | get/become acquainted (=start to know someone that you have just met): I ll… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • acquaint — verb a) 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. b) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make… …   Wiktionary

  • acquaint — verb 1》 (acquaint someone with) make someone aware of or familiar with. 2》 (be acquainted with) know personally.     ↘(be acquainted) (of two or more people) know each other slightly. Origin ME: from OFr. acointier make known , from late L.… …   English new terms dictionary

  • acquaint — verb this exercise will acquaint you with the food groups Syn: familiarize with, make familiar with, make aware of, inform of, advise of, apprise of, let know, get up to date on; brief on, prime on; informal fill in on, clue in on …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • acquaint — verb Syn: familiarize, make aware of, inform of, advise of; informal fill in on, clue in on …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • acquaint — UK [əˈkweɪnt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms acquaint : present tense I/you/we/they acquaint he/she/it acquaints present participle acquainting past tense acquainted past participle acquainted formal to give someone information about something …   English dictionary

  • acquaint — /əˈkweɪnt / (say uh kwaynt) verb (t) 1. (sometimes followed by with) to share information with: *She was urged by no reciprocal sisterly desire to acquaint Norman with her knowledge. –xavier herbert, 1938. 2. US (sometimes followed by to or with) …  

  • acquaint — ac|quaint [ ə kweınt ] verb transitive FORMAL to give someone information about something: acquaint someone with something: We aim to acquaint policy makers with some of these issues. acquaint yourself with something to make an effort to learn… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • acquaint — [[t]əkwe͟ɪnt[/t]] acquaints, acquainting, acquainted VERB If you acquaint someone with something, you tell them about it so that they know it. If you acquaint yourself with something, you learn about it. [FORMAL] → See also acquainted [V n with… …   English dictionary

  • acquaint — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French acuinter, aquaynter, from Old French acoins familiar, from Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscere to recognize, from ad + cognoscere to know more at cognition Date: 14th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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