Acquainted
[ə'kweɪntɪd] or [ə'kwentɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having fair knowledge of; 'they were acquainted'; 'fully acquainted with the facts' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Acquaint
(a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
Editor: Monica
Examples
- 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 am glad that Peter is acquainted with the crown soap business, so as to make what is good of the kind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was known that they were a little acquainted; but not a syllable of real information could Emma procure as to what he truly was. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He seemed to himself to have met and been acquainted with him somewhere, but he could not recollect. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am sorry to grieve you, pursued the widow; but you are so young, and so little acquainted with men, I wished to put you on your guard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Quite a number of these prisoners I had been personally acquainted with before the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Do pray contrive to get acquainted with them. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mahomet was well acquainted with this stone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Two resolute men, well acquainted with these northern wilds, and skilful in tracking the tread of man and horse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You and I, Mr. Hartright, are excellently well acquainted with one another by reputation, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He ascends to the top of a precipice by walking up the sloping hill behind, and he thus becomes practically acquainted with the principle of the _inclined plane_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In 1824, a gentleman with whom I am acquainted sold on one occasion 100,000 pieces of 74-reed printing cloth at 30s. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- You have been long acquainted with Colonel Brandon, have not you? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- We ought to be acquainted with Enscombe, and with Mrs. Churchill's temper, before we pretend to decide upon what her nephew can do. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And wasn't he well acquainted with the deceased and his ways? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I hardly know, returned Mr. Helstone; I was little acquainted with her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His name was familiar to me, for many years ago my parents were acquainted with him, but they drifted apart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- To Frederick Lamb I related everything, presented him with Argyle's letter, and acquainted him with my determination not to meet his grace. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am acquainted with my personal history, and I have it in my power to assure you that you never can advance my welfare by such means. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Any pleasure, with which we are acquainted, affects us more than any other, which we own to be superior, but of whose nature we are wholly ignorant. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I beg your pardon, Mr Twemlow; you see I am acquainted with the nature of the affairs that are transacted here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Would it at all pour balm into your wounds, Mr Venus, to inquire how you came acquainted with her? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Monica