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| 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. |
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Acquainted
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| ac·quaint
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tr.v. ac·quaint·ed, ac·quaint·ing, ac·quaints
[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
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| acquainted | |
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| 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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