Acquaint
Acquaint ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Old French acoint. See Acquaint, transitive verb]
Acquainted. [Obsolete]
Acquaint , transitive verb
[Old English aqueinten, acointen, Old French acointier, Late Latin adcognitare, from Latin ad + cognitus, past participle 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.
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
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.
I must acquaint you that I have received
New dated letters from Northumberland.
3.
To familiarize; to accustom. [Obsolete] — Evelyn
Collocations (1)
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.