 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acquaint
verb
1: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you
with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the
community" [syn: {introduce}, {present}]
2: make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself
with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with
the new surroundings" [syn: {familiarize}, {familiarise}]
3: inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to
move"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acquaint \Ac*quaint"\, adjective [OF. acoint. See {Acquaint}, verb (used with an object)]
Acquainted. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acquaint \Ac*quaint"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquaint":
accustom, advertise, advertise of, advise, apprise, brief,
bring word, clue, communicate, disclose, divulge, do the honors,
enlighten, familiarize, fill in, give a knockdown,
give an introduction, give notice, give the facts, give word,
habituate, inform, instruct, introduce, leave word, let know,
make acquainted, mention to, notify, post, present, quaint, report,
reveal, send word, serve notice, speak, tell, verse, warn
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