| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To notice.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb acquaint.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (acquaint) | 1. Cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son".[Wordnet]. 2. Make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer".[Wordnet]. 3. Inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move".[Wordnet]. 4. To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.[Websters]. 5. 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 act.[Websters]. 6. To familiarize; to accustom.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: acquainting, acquainted, acquaints, acquainter, acquainters, acquaintingly and acquaintedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ACQUAINTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACQUAINTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Making known to; giving notice, or information to.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of acquaint. (references) | ||
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