All 4 Uses of
acquaint
in
As You Like It
- Marry, do I, sir; and I came to acquaint you with a matter.†
Scene 1.1 *
- Your brother is but young and tender; and, for your love, I would be loath to foil him, as I must, for my own honour, if he come in: therefore, out of my love to you, I came hither to acquaint you withal; that either you might stay him from his intendment, or brook such disgrace well as he shall run into; in that it is thing of his own search, and altogether against my will.†
Scene 1.1
- Have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths' wives, and conned them out of rings?†
Scene 3.2
- I pr'ythee, pretty youth, let me be better acquainted with thee.†
Scene 4.1
Definition:
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(acquaint) to cause to know; or to cause to be familiar with