Acquaint

Word ACQUAINT
Character 8
Hyphenation ac quaint
Pronunciations /əˈkweɪnt/

Definitions and meanings of "Acquaint"

What do we mean by acquaint?

To cause to come to know personally. transitive verb

To make familiar. transitive verb

To inform. transitive verb

Acquainted; personally or mutually known: as, we are not acquaint.

An acquaintance. noun

To cause to have acquaintance or be more or less familiar; make conversant: used with with: as, to acquaint one's self, or make one's self acquainted, with a subject; to make persons (to be) acquainted with each other.

To furnish with knowledge or information (about); make conversant by notice or communication: with with before the subject of information, and formerly sometimes with of: as, to acquaint a friend with one's proceedings.

Synonyms To acquaint (with), make known (to), familiarize (with), introduce (to). To inform (of), communicate (to), apprise (of), mention (to), signify (to), intimate (to), disclose (to), reveal (to), tell (to). See announce and inform.

To become acquainted.

Acquainted. adjective

To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with. transitive verb

To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence. transitive verb

To familiarize; to accustom. transitive verb

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. transitive verb

To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar. verb

To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant. verb

To familiarize; to accustom. verb

Acquainted. adjective

Cause to come to know personally verb

(followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.

(followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.

To familiarize; to accustom.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Acquaint

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The word "acquaint" in example sentences

I refer the way and manner I was apprehended, to the bearer, and shall only, in short, acquaint your Grace with the demands, which are, that your Grace shall discharge him of all soumes he owes your Grace, and give him the soume of 3400 merks for his loss and damages sustained by him, both at Craigrostown and at his house, ❋ Unknown (2005)

I refer the way and manner I was apprehended, to the bearer, and shall only, in short, acquaint your Grace with the demands, which are, that your Grace shall discharge him of all soumes he owes your ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

48 But he answered It is not that I wish: I would fain acquaint thee with my true story. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hall, where the Board waited on the Duke of York to discourse about the disposing of Sir Thomas Allen's fleete, which is newly come home to Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late Court-martiall, which the Duke did give ear to; and though he thinks not fit to revoke what is already done in this case by a Court-martiall, yet it shall bring forth some good laws in the behaviour of Captains to their under Officers for the time to come. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

They at dinner before I come; and, when I had dined, I away home, and thence to White Hall, where the Board waited on the Duke of York to discourse about the disposing of Sir Thomas Allen's fleete, which is newly come home to Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late Court-martiall, which the Duke did give ear to; and though he thinks not fit to revoke what is already done in this case by a Court-martiall, yet it shall bring forth some good laws in the behaviour of Captains to their under Officers for the time to come. ❋ Pepys, Samuel (1669)

With me, the "firm conviction" is a matter of "circumstantial evidence," supported by analogy, and fortified by empirical testimony, such as acquaint the world with the facts and findings of science, and which I think admit of no other consistent and rational interpretation. ❋ Unknown (1877)

"acquaint" when Duke did not stand quite so high in favour. ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

Please read the theme articles listed on the side bar, and acquaint yourself with the beliefs of this blog before you send objections and criticisms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the night of 2 May 2009, in the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao took a second under six minutes to acquaint Ricky Hatton with a truth he could no longer avoid. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The first is to acquaint the hummingbirds with the feeder. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“I have the pleasure,” Speaker John Robinson told Washington, “to acquaint you that the House of Burgesses have taken particular notice of the bravery of yourself, and the rest of the officers and soldiers under your command, in the gallant defence of your country, and have ordered me to return their thanks for it.” ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

Washington also proposed that Dinwiddie order that the new law be read out in every parish church to acquaint the people with it. ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

If a liberal education is to acquaint students with the variety and complexity of human affairs, and prepare them for the responsibilities of citizenship, the study of military affairs is essential. ❋ Peter Berkowitz (2011)

One group was going to different sites to acquaint themselves with Capitol Hill (the neighborhood). ❋ Unknown (2009)

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