Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Acquaint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquaint \Ac*quaint"\, a. [OF. acoint. See {Acquaint}, v. t.]
Acquainted. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquaint \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acquaint
v 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"
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