Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to preacquaint
Participle: preacquainted
Gerund: preacquainting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | preacquaint |
| you | preacquaint |
| he;she;it | preacquaints |
| we | preacquaint |
| you | preacquaint |
| they | preacquaint |
Perfect
| I | have preacquainted |
| you | have preacquainted |
| he;she;it | has preacquainted |
| we | have preacquainted |
| you | have preacquainted |
| they | have preacquainted |
Past
| I | preacquainted |
| you | preacquainted |
| he;she;it | preacquainted |
| we | preacquainted |
| you | preacquainted |
| they | preacquainted |
Pluperfect
| I | had preacquainted |
| you | had preacquainted |
| he;she;it | had preacquainted |
| we | had preacquainted |
| you | had preacquainted |
| they | had preacquainted |
Future
| I | will preacquaint |
| you | will preacquaint |
| he;she;it | will preacquaint |
| we | will preacquaint |
| you | will preacquaint |
| they | will preacquaint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have preacquainted |
| you | will have preacquainted |
| he;she;it | will have preacquainted |
| we | will have preacquainted |
| you | will have preacquainted |
| they | will have preacquainted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | preacquaint |
| you | preacquaint |
| he;she;it | preacquaint |
| we | preacquaint |
| you | preacquaint |
| they | preacquaint |
Perfect
| I | have preacquainted |
| you | have preacquainted |
| he;she;it | have preacquainted |
| we | have preacquainted |
| you | have preacquainted |
| they | have preacquainted |
Imperfect
| I | preacquainted |
| you | preacquainted |
| he;she;it | preacquainted |
| we | preacquainted |
| you | preacquainted |
| they | preacquainted |
Pluperfect
| I | had preacquainted |
| you | had preacquainted |
| he;she;it | had preacquainted |
| we | had preacquainted |
| you | had preacquainted |
| they | had preacquainted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would preacquaint |
| you | would preacquaint |
| he;she;it | would preacquaint |
| we | would preacquaint |
| you | would preacquaint |
| they | would preacquaint |
Perfect
| I | would have preacquainted |
| you | would have preacquainted |
| he;she;it | would have preacquainted |
| we | would have preacquainted |
| you | would have preacquainted |
| they | would have preacquainted |
Imperative
| you | preacquaint |
| we | Let's preacquaint |
| you | preacquaint |
Verbs conjugated like 'preacquaint'
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 'preacquaint'
reacquaint,
acquaint,
disacquaint,
unacquaint,
preappoint,
prepaint,
reacquire,
reacquite,
acquiet,
acquist,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From pre- + acquaint.
Sample Sentences
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1633, James Shirley, The Witty Fair One, London: William Cooke, Act I, Scene 1,
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Wor[thy]. […] You haue not made your loue knowne to my Neece yet.
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Aym[well]. No, my intention was to preacquaint you.
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[S]he inadvertently confirmed many Hints, vvith vvhich Slipſlop, vvhoſe Gallant he vvas, had pre-acquainted him; […] [1742, Henry Fielding, “What Past between the Lady and Lawyer Scout”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV, pages 188–189:]
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Those things which have been previously stated, or which are necessarily implied, or with which we presume our hearers to have been preacquainted, we pronounce with such a subordination of stress as is suitable to the small importance of things already understood […] [1878, Alexander Melville Bell, The Principles of Elocution, Salem, Massachusetts: James P. Burbank, Introduction, p. xx:]
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1969, Tibor Agoston, Insight Therapy, State of Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, Part 4, Chapter 110, p. 215,
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[…] we may describe differential dynamics as a gallery of disease patterns that may preacquaint the therapist with the picture which is likely to emerge when all the pieces are fitted together.