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Definition

to cause to know; or to cause to be familiar with

acquaint = cause to know better

One of the objectives in my literature class is to acquaint my students with different cultures.

acquaint = cause someone to better understand something

permit me to acquaint you with my son
No doubt you are well acquainted with the writing.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit

acquainted = familiar

Are you acquainted with Mr. Robert Ferrars?
Jane Austen -- Sense and Sensibility

acquainted = familiar

Once I've acquainted myself with the facts, I'll let you know whether I will allow you the privilege of playing football for Shilshole High next year.
Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy

acquainted = become familiar with

"Were you acquainted with Mayella Violet Ewell?" asked Atticus.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

acquainted = familiar (to know someone)

"If you will have patience, madam," answered Mrs Miller, "I will acquaint you who I am, and how I came by that letter."
Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones

acquaint = inform (cause to know)

I got more acquainted with him last Monday than ever I did before.
Jane Austen -- Persuasion

acquainted = familiar (to know better)

This Mrs. Younge was, he knew, intimately acquainted with Wickham; and he went to her for intelligence of him as soon as he got to town.
Jane Austen -- Pride and Prejudice

acquainted = familiar

You see, I wasn't acquainted with many-people.
Tennessee Williams -- The Glass Menagerie

acquainted = a friend or associate; or familiar with

As if I were their well-acquainted friend;
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors

acquainted = known well

I was aware of all the facts, having been made acquainted with them by a young man who had lived there.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

acquainted = familiar

At the store is where I got acquainted with the little girl.
Forest Carter -- Education of Little Tree

acquainted = became familiar with

True, true, you are acquainted with Miss Fairfax; I remember you knew her at Weymouth,
Jane Austen -- Emma

acquainted = familiar (or a friend or associate)

Sir John, there's one Master Brook below would fain speak with you and be acquainted with you:
William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor

acquainted = get to know (get familiar with)

I was personally acquainted with at least two girls he gave the time to.
J.D. Salinger -- The Catcher in the Rye

acquainted = familiar with; or a friend of

There was another bookish lad in the town, John Collins by name, with whom I was intimately acquainted.
Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

acquainted = familiar

acquainted = to better know each other

acquainted = familiar

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