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

(lb) To be aware of the meaning of.

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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I understand not what you mean by this.

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To believe, based on information.

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To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.

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:In this sense, the word is usually used in the past participle:

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*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel.

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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

To stand under; to support.

:(Shakespeare)