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Acquainting

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ac⋅quaint

  [uh-kweynt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually fol. by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
2. to furnish with knowledge; inform (usually fol. by with): to acquaint the manager with one's findings.
3. to bring into social contact; introduce (usually fol. by with): She acquainted her roommate with my cousin.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME aqueinten, acointen < AF acointer, OF acoint(i)er, v. deriv. of acointe familiar, known < L accognitus, ptp. of accognōscere to recognize, equiv. to ac- ac- + co- co- + gni- know + -tus ptp. suffix
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ac·quaint   (ə-kwānt')   
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.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

acquaint 
1297, from O.Fr. acointier from V.L. *accognitare "make known," from L. accognitus, pp. of accognoscere "know well," from ad- "to" + cognitus, pp. of cogniscere "come to know," from com- "with" + gnoscere "know" (see notice). Originally reflective, "to make oneself known;" sense of "to gain for oneself personal knowledge of" is from 1330. Acquaintance "person with whom one is acquainted" first recorded c.1386.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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