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acquaint 音标拼音: [əkw'ent] vt. 使认识,使了解 使认识,使了解 acquaint v 1: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [synonym: {introduce}, {present}, {acquaint}] 2: make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" [synonym: {familiarize}, {familiarise}, {acquaint}] 3: inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move" Acquaint \Ac*quaint"\, a. [OF. acoint. See {Acquaint}, v. t.] Acquainted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it. --Locke. [1913 Webster] A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. --Isa. liii. 3. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To familiarize; to accustom. [Obs.] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] Syn: To inform; apprise; communicate; advise. [1913 Webster] 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 conocido[Noun]
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