All 9 Uses of
acquaint
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- They were in very deed men and women of sorrow, and acquainted with grief.†
Chpt 8acquainted = familiar with OR a friend or associate
- I was made acquainted with his wife not less than with himself.†
Chpt 9
- I was aware of all the facts, having been made acquainted with them by a young man who had lived there.
Chpt 9 *acquainted = familiar
- That night, I fell in with Sandy Jenkins, a slave with whom I was somewhat acquainted.†
Chpt 10acquainted = familiar with OR a friend or associate
- It was necessary to keep our religious masters at St. Michael's unacquainted with the fact, that, instead of spending the Sabbath in wrestling, boxing, and drinking whisky, we were trying to learn how to read the will of God; for they had much rather see us engaged in those degrading sports, than to see us behaving like intellectual, moral, and accountable beings.†
Chpt 10unacquainted = not familiar withstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unacquainted means not and reverses the meaning of acquainted. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He was not acquainted with the fact that I had applied to Master Thomas, and had been refused.†
Chpt 11acquainted = familiar with OR a friend or associate
- Such being my conjectures, any one acquainted with the appearance of New Bedford may very readily infer how palpably I must have seen my mistake.†
Chpt 11
- From that time until now, I have been engaged in pleading the cause of my brethren—with what success, and with what devotion, I leave those acquainted with my labors to decide.†
Chpt 11
- I find, since reading over the foregoing Narrative, that I have, in several instances, spoken in such a tone and manner, respecting religion, as may possibly lead those unacquainted with my religious views to suppose me an opponent of all religion.†
Chpt Appeunacquainted = not familiar withstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unacquainted means not and reverses the meaning of acquainted. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to cause to know; or to cause to be familiar with