Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to acquaint
Participle: acquainted
Gerund: acquainting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | acquaint |
| you | acquaint |
| he;she;it | acquaints |
| we | acquaint |
| you | acquaint |
| they | acquaint |
Perfect
| I | have acquainted |
| you | have acquainted |
| he;she;it | has acquainted |
| we | have acquainted |
| you | have acquainted |
| they | have acquainted |
Past
| I | acquainted |
| you | acquainted |
| he;she;it | acquainted |
| we | acquainted |
| you | acquainted |
| they | acquainted |
Pluperfect
| I | had acquainted |
| you | had acquainted |
| he;she;it | had acquainted |
| we | had acquainted |
| you | had acquainted |
| they | had acquainted |
Future
| I | will acquaint |
| you | will acquaint |
| he;she;it | will acquaint |
| we | will acquaint |
| you | will acquaint |
| they | will acquaint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have acquainted |
| you | will have acquainted |
| he;she;it | will have acquainted |
| we | will have acquainted |
| you | will have acquainted |
| they | will have acquainted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | acquaint |
| you | acquaint |
| he;she;it | acquaint |
| we | acquaint |
| you | acquaint |
| they | acquaint |
Perfect
| I | have acquainted |
| you | have acquainted |
| he;she;it | have acquainted |
| we | have acquainted |
| you | have acquainted |
| they | have acquainted |
Imperfect
| I | acquainted |
| you | acquainted |
| he;she;it | acquainted |
| we | acquainted |
| you | acquainted |
| they | acquainted |
Pluperfect
| I | had acquainted |
| you | had acquainted |
| he;she;it | had acquainted |
| we | had acquainted |
| you | had acquainted |
| they | had acquainted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would acquaint |
| you | would acquaint |
| he;she;it | would acquaint |
| we | would acquaint |
| you | would acquaint |
| they | would acquaint |
Perfect
| I | would have acquainted |
| you | would have acquainted |
| he;she;it | would have acquainted |
| we | would have acquainted |
| you | would have acquainted |
| they | would have acquainted |
Imperative
| you | acquaint |
| we | Let's acquaint |
| you | acquaint |
Verbs conjugated like 'acquaint'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'acquaint'
acquiet,
acquist,
acquit,
aquatint,
reacquaint,
unacquaint,
acquire,
acquite,
attaint,
disacquaint,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to communicate notice to
- inform
- to communicate knowledge or information
- apprise, enlighten, impart, inform, let know, notify, tell
- accustom
- familiarize, reconnoiter, advise, inform
- introduce
- present, meet
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1297, from O.Fr.
acointier from V.L.
*accognitare "make known," from L.
accognitus, pp. of
accognoscere "know well," from
ad- "to" +
cognitus, pp. of
cogniscere "come to know," from
com- "with" +
gnoscere "know" (see know). Originally reflective, "to make oneself known;" sense of "to gain for oneself personal knowledge of" is from 1330.
Acquaintance "person with whom one is acquainted" first recorded c.1386.
2. 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. See: Middle English '
aqueynten', Old French '
acointier', Latin '
cognoscō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] as it seemed to me, all power of mine to conjure up the absent; have, many and many a time, at such an hour, grown suddenly out of objects with whose real look, and use, and purpose, I was as well acquainted as with my own two hands.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to preach that morning for the first time in a very long interval. I mention the name of this distinguished and accomplished man (with whom I soon afterwards had the pleasure of becoming personally acquainted ), that I may have the gratification of recording my humble tribute of admiration and respect for his high abilities and character; and for the bold philanthropy with which he has ever opposed [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘For a while, she was much bewildered; and after waiting about two weeks, until she became acquainted with her new locality, and somewhat familiar with the inmates, the attempt was made to give her knowledge of arbitrary signs, by which she could interchange thoughts with others.
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[...] but, having her hand placed in that of the gentleman who accompanied me, she immediately expressed his name upon her teacher 's palm. Indeed her sense of touch is now so exquisite, that having been acquainted with a person once, she can recognise him or her after almost any interval. This gentleman had been in her company, I believe, but very seldom, and certainly had not seen her for many months. My [...]
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Having passed the time I spent in Boston, in making myself acquainted with these things, in settling the course I should take in my future travels, and in mixing constantly with its society, I am not aware that I have any occasion to prolong this chapter. Such of its [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] factory: examined them in every part; and saw them in their ordinary working aspect, with no preparation of any kind, or departure from their ordinary everyday proceedings. I may add that I am well acquainted with our manufacturing towns in England, and have visited many mills in Manchester and elsewhere in the same manner.
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The manufacturer, Mr. Wilson, from the time of the entrance of the stranger, had regarded him with an air of disturbed and uneasy curiosity. He seemed to himself to have met and been acquainted with him somewhere, but he could not recollect. Every few moments, when the man spoke, or moved, or smiled, he would start and fix his eyes on him, and then suddenly withdraw them, as the bright, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] he was used to a great many things that you are not used to. Even the awful presence of Death struck no solemn chill upon him. He had seen Death many times,—met him in the way of trade, and got acquainted with him,—and he only thought of him as a hard customer, that embarrassed his property operations very unfairly; and so he only swore that the gal was a baggage, and that he was devilish unlucky, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] There were but twenty thousand of the Choctaws left, he said, and their number was decreasing every day. A few of his brother chiefs had been obliged to become civilised, and to make themselves acquainted with what the whites knew, for it was their only chance of existence. But they were not many; and the rest were as they always had been. He dwelt on this: and said several times that unless they [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] by Master George, in a good, round, school-boy hand, that Tom said might be read “ most acrost the room. ” It contained various refreshing items of home intelligence, with which our reader is fully acquainted: stated how Aunt Chloe had been hired out to a confectioner in Louisville, where her skill in the pastry line was gaining wonderful sums of money, all of which, Tom was informed, was to be laid up [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)