Acquaint vs Beken - What's the difference?
acquaint | beken |
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)
* (rfdate) Isaiah 53:3
To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , III-iv
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), , IV-i
(obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
(obsolete) Acquainted.
(transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
(transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To deliver.
(transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To commit.
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To admit as possessor.
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.
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As verbs the difference between acquaint and beken
is that acquaint is to furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar while beken is to make known; reveal.As an adjective acquaint
is acquainted.acquaint
English
Verb
(en verb)- Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it.
- A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
- Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love.
- ''I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland.
- (Evelyn)
