Verb

(en verb)

To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.

* I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation.

* (rfdate) (John Locke)

Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it.

* (rfdate) Isaiah 53:3

A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , III-iv

Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), , IV-i

''I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland.

(obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.

(Evelyn)

Verb

(acquir)

To get.

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

* (Isaac Barrow) (1630-1677)

No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step.

* (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)

Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), chapter=3/19/2, title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days

, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}