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Definition
to cause to know; or to cause to be familiar with
- He lent them willingly; and Philip became acquainted with Flaubert and Balzac, with Verlaine, Heredia, and Villiers de l'Isle Adam.43-44 — Chapters 43-44 (79% in)
- Lawson would become acquainted with some young thing and make an appointment; for twenty-four hours he would be all in a flutter and describe the charmer at length to everyone he met; but she never by any chance turned up at the time fixed.43-44 — Chapters 43-44 (85% in)
- The most substantial part consisted of women from the smaller manufacturing towns, who were too elegant to have their frocks made locally and not sufficiently acquainted with London to discover good dressmakers within their means.107-108 — Chapters 107-108 (5% in)
There are no more uses of "acquaint" in Of Human Bondage.
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