acquaint

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkweɪnt/ Hyphenation: ac‧quaint Rhymes: -eɪnt === Verb === acquaint (third-person singular simple present acquaints, present participle acquainting, simple past and past participle acquainted) (transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:acquaint. (transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know. (transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom. October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over ==== Synonyms ==== (to make familiar): familiarize (to communicate notice to): advise, apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform (to familiarize; to accustom): habituate, inure ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === acquaint (not comparable) (now chiefly Scotland) Acquainted. [from 14th c.] ==== Related terms ==== ==== References ==== “acquaint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “acquaint”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “acquaint”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Scots == === Adjective === acquaint alternative form of acquant