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Webster 1913 Edition
Acquaint
Ac-quaint′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Acquainted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acquainting
.] 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 actAcquaint
her here of my son Paris’ love. Shakespeare
I must
New dated letters from Northumberland.
acquaint
you that I have receivedNew dated letters from Northumberland.
Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acquaint
ACQUA'INT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make known; to make fully or intimately known; to make familiar.A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 53.
2.
To inform; to communicate notice to; as a friend in the country acquaints me with his success. Of before the object, as to acquaint a man of this design, has been used, but is obsolete or improper.3.
To acquaint one's self, is to gain an intimate or particular knowledge of.Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace. Job 22.