acquaint
verbEtymology
From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know.
- derived from cognoscō
- derived from accognitus
- derived from accognitō
- derived from acointier
- inherited from aqueynten
Definitions
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
- I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation.
- He is despised and reiected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.
- Before a Man can be in any capacity to ſpeak on any ſubject, 'tis neceſsary to be acquainted with it: Or elſe 'tis as fooliſh to ſet him to diſcourſe on it, as to ſet a blind Man to talk of Colours, or a deaf man of Muſick.
To communicate notice to
To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
- Acquaint her here, of my Sonne Paris Loue,
- I muſt acquaint you, that I haue recciu'd New-dated Letters from Northumberland:
To familiarize
To familiarize; to accustom.
- October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over
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Acquainted.
- [I]f you have skimmed through even a paragraph of my poor neglected little magnum opus you will know I am unusually acquaint with my inner workings.
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Derived
acquaintant, disacquaint, foreacquaint, preacquaint, reacquaint, unacquaint
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at acquaint. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at acquaint. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at acquaint
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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