acquaint
/əˈkweɪnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.51 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
Transitive verb
adj
Example Sentences
- "I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation."
- "He is despised and reiected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not."
- "Before a Man can be in any capacity to ſpeak on any ſubject, 'tis neceſsary to be acquainted with it: Or elſe 'tis as fooliſh to ſet him to diſcourſe on it, as to ſet a blind Man to talk of Colours, or a deaf man of Muſick."
- "Acquaint her here, of my Sonne Paris Loue,"
- "I muſt acquaint you, that I haue recciu'd New-dated Letters from Northumberland:"
- "I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: aqueynten, acointier, accognitō, accognitus, cognoscō