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ac·quaint·ed

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–adjective

1.	having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually fol. by with): to be acquainted with law.

2.	brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquainted through mutual friends.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME; see acquaint, -ed²

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—Related forms

ac·quaint·ed·ness, noun

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tr.v. ac·quaint·ed, ac·quaint·ing, ac·quaints

1. To cause to come to know personally: Let me acquaint you with my family.
2. To make familiar: acquainted myself with the controls.
To inform: Please acquaint us with your plans.

[Middle English aqueinten, from Old French acointier, from Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Latin accognitus, past participle of accognōscere, to know perfectly : ad-, intensive pref.; see ad- + cognōscere, to know; see cognition.]

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ac·quaint·ed Audio Help (ə-kwān'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Known by or familiar with another.
Informed or familiar: Are you fully acquainted with the facts?

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acquainted
adjective
having fair knowledge of; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts"

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Acquainted

Ac*quaint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquainting.] [OE. aqueinten, acointen, OF. acointier, LL. adcognitare, fr. L. ad + cognitus, p. p. 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. --Locke.

A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. --Isa. liii. 3.

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. --Shak.

I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland. --Shak.

3. To familiarize; to accustom. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

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.

Syn: To inform; apprise; communicate; advise.

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