acquaint
21acquaint — verb this exercise will acquaint you with the food groups Syn: familiarize with, make familiar with, make aware of, inform of, advise of, apprise of, let know, get up to date on; brief on, prime on; informal fill in on, clue in on …
22acquaint — v Usu. acquaint with familiarize, make familiar, make conversant; introduce, make known, inform, clue in, advise, notify, apprise, make aware or cognizant, enlighten, let Is.o.] know [s.t.]; impart, communicate, mention, tell; disclose, reveal,… …
23acquaint — [13] Acquaint is connected with quaint, distant though they may seem in meaning. It comes via Old French acointer from medieval Latin accognitāre, which was based ultimately on cognitus, the past participle of cognoscere ‘know’. Cognitus gave… …
24acquaint — v.tr. & refl. (usu. foll. by with) make (a person or oneself) aware of or familiar with (acquaint me with the facts). Phrases and idioms: be acquainted with have personal knowledge of (a person or thing). Etymology: ME f. OF acointier f. LL… …
25acquaint yourself with something — phrase to make an effort to learn about something She had failed to acquaint herself with the facts. Thesaurus: to learn new skills or informationsynonym Main entry: acquaint …
26acquaint someone with — make someone aware of or familiar with. → acquaint …
27acquaint yourself with something — to make an effort to learn about something She had failed to acquaint herself with the facts …
28acquaint — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French acuinter, aquaynter, from Old French acoins familiar, from Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscere to recognize, from ad + cognoscere to know more at cognition Date: 14th… …
29acquaint — Synonyms and related words: accustom, advertise, advertise of, advise, apprise, brief, bring word, clue, communicate, disclose, divulge, do the honors, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, give a knockdown, give an introduction, give notice, give the …
30acquaint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. inform, notify, tell; familiarize, teach. See information, friend, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To let know] Syn. tell, advise, inform; see notify 1 , tell 1 . 2. [To make familiar with] Syn.… …
