Ac-quāint′, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. ACQUAINTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ACQUAINTING.] [O. Fr. acointer, Pr. accointar, L. Lat. accognitare, adcognitare, to make known; It. accostarsi, to have a parley with one; Pr. coindar, to give to understand; O. Fr. cointe, cuinte; It. conto, one who knows; Pr. conte, cointe, coinde, cuende, polite, amiable, graceful,—from Lat. cognitus, known, experienced, in L. Lat. equiv. to sciens, p. pr. of cognoscere, to come to know, to learn.
Sense 1. To make fully or intimately known; to make familiar.
Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it. Locke.
Sense 2. To communicate notice to; to inform. With is used before the object: of was formerly used, but this is now considered improper.
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isa. liii. 3.
Synonyms—To inform; apprise; disclose; communicate; make known; advise.