Acquaint
[ə'kweɪnt] or [ə'kwent]
Definition
(verb.) inform; 'Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move'.
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Definition
(v. t.) Acquainted.
(v. t.) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To familiarize; to accustom.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Familiarize, make familiar.[2]. Inform, apprise, tell, notify, make aware, make known to, mention to, communicate to, signify to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Advertise, inform, impart, make_known, divulge, teach, notify, apprise, advise,tell
ANT:Misinform, deceive, delude, mislead, misguide, hoodwink
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Definition
v.t. to make or let one to know: to inform a person of a thing (with): to inform (with personal object only).—ns. Acquaint′ance familiar knowledge: a person whom we know; Acquaint′anceship familiar knowledge.—p.adj. Acquaint′ed (with) personally known: having personal knowledge of.
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Examples
- If you request me, as your friend, I will certainly acquaint Lord Charles with what you say, answered Worcester. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is all the same to me, I replied, since he could be so selfish and vilely shabby as to acquaint his father I had written to him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Bless me, said Mr. Philander, we must acquaint Mr. Clayton with our discovery at once. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In about an hour she returned to acquaint me that the poor young girl had fallen asleep, completely worn out with fatigue. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- However, I strongly advised the poor fellow to explain the real state of his case to His Excellency, and to acquaint me with the result. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Swear then, upon your honour and soul, that you will acquaint me if you should prove unfaithful to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I will acquaint them with the true secret of money-catching, the certain way to fill empty purses, and how to keep them always full. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am acquainted with my faults. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To anybody acquainted with the inhabitants of Egdon Heath the image would have suggested Eustacia Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I am not sufficiently acquainted with such subjects to know whether it is at all remarkable that I almost always dreamed of that period of my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Even before they were acquainted, he had admired Osborne in secret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Since the supply is small, induce to begin this study youths of about eig hteen years of age who are already acquainted with the sciences required in a general education. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was the next thing to being acquainted with Noah himself. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have communicated, both personally and by letter, with the club,' resumed Mr. Pickwick, 'acquainting them with my intention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Worcester assured his father that it was quite impossible, as I certainly should not have gone to Oxford without acquainting him of the circumstance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I then crept quietly back to my bed, resolved not to tease poor Meyler by acquainting him with Lord Ebrington's unexpected return. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- L ater Copernicus spent nine years in Italy, studying at the universities and acquainting himself wit h Ptolemaic and other ancient views concerning the motions of the planets. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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