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acquaint | experience |

As a verb acquaint

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

As an adjective acquaint

is (obsolete) acquainted.

As a noun experience is

experiment, trial, test.

acquaint

English

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)

    Synonyms

    * inform * apprise * communicate * advise

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Acquainted.

    • Related terms

    * acquaintance * acquainted

    References

    * * *

    experience

    English

    (wikipedia experience)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
  • (label) An activity which one has performed.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}
  • (label) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
  • (label) The knowledge thus gathered.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "experience": broad, wide, good, bad, great, amazing, horrible, terrible, pleasant, unpleasant, educational, financial, military, commercial, academic, political, industrial, sexual, romantic, religious, mystical, spiritual, psychedelic, scientific, human, magical, intense, deep, humbling, unforgettable, unique, exciting, exhilarating.

    Antonyms

    * inexperience

    Derived terms

    * experiential * experience points * experienced

    Verb

    (experienc)
  • To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

    • Derived terms

    * experienceable

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