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Acquainted vs Interknow - What's the difference?

acquainted | interknow |

As verbs the difference between acquainted and interknow

is that acquainted is (acquaint) while interknow is (obsolete|intransitive) to be mutually acquainted with.

As an adjective acquainted

is personally known; familiar.

acquainted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Personally known; familiar.
  • * 1748 . HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 16.
    • Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds

    Derived terms

    * be acquainted with

    Verb

    (head)
  • (acquaint)

    • interknow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To be mutually acquainted with.
  • *, II.18:
  • *:It is the only instrument by meanes whereof our wils and thoughts are communicated: it is the interpretour of our soules: If that faile us, we hold our selves no more, we enter-know one another no longer.

    • Related terms

    * (l)