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Definition
to cause to know; or to cause to be familiar with
- I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house.2m — Day 2 - Morning (16% in)
- Now I had always supposed I had travelled very little, restricted as I am by my responsibilities in the house, but of course, over time, one does make various excursions for one professional reason or another, and it would seem I have become much more acquainted with those neighbouring districts than I had realized.1e — Day 1 - Evening (3% in)
There are no more uses of "acquaint" in The Remains of the Day.
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