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Webster 1913 Edition


Acquainted

Ac-quaint′ed

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Adj.
Personally known; familiar. See
To be acquainted with
, under
Acquaint
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Verb.
T.

Webster 1828 Edition


Acquainted

ACQUA'INTED

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pp.
Known; familiarly known; informed; having personal knowledge.

Definition 2024


acquainted

acquainted

English

Adjective

acquainted (comparative more acquainted, superlative most acquainted)

  1. Personally known; familiar.
    • 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 16.
      Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds

Derived terms

  • be acquainted with

Translations

Verb

acquainted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of acquaint