Crossword clues for acquainted
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acquaint \Ac*quaint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquainting.] [OE. aqueinten, acointen, OF. acointier, LL. adcognitare, fr. L. ad + cognitus, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con- + noscere to know. See Quaint, Know.]
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To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it.
--Locke.A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
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To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.
Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love.
--Shak.I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland.
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To familiarize; to accustom. [Obs.]
--Evelyn.To be acquainted with, to be possessed of personal knowledge of; to be cognizant of; to be more or less familiar with; to be on terms of social intercourse with.
Syn: To inform; apprise; communicate; advise.
Acquainted \Ac*quaint"ed\, a. Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., "personally known;" past participle adjective from acquaint (v.). Of skills, situations, etc., from late 15c.\n\nI have been one acquainted with the night.\n
I have walked out in rain â- and back in rain.\n
I have outwalked the furthest city light.\n
[Robert Frost, from "Acquainted with the Night"]
Wiktionary
Personally known; familiar. v
(en-past of: acquaint)
WordNet
adj. having fair knowledge of; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts" [syn: acquainted(p), acquainted with(p), familiar with(p)]
Wikipedia
"Acquainted" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd recorded for his second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015). It was written and produced by him along with Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville, Danny "Boy Styles" Schofield, Carlos "Illangelo" Montagnese and Ben "Billions" Diehl. The track was sent to urban contemporary stations on November 17, 2015, through XO and Republic Records, serving as the record's fifth single, being also released to rhythmic contemporary on February 16, 2016. It was set to impact contemporary hit radio on April 12, 2016, though its release to those stations did not occur.
Usage examples of "acquainted".
The principles of everything we are acquainted with must necessarily have been revealed to those from whom we have received them by the great, supreme principle, which contains them all.
CHAPTER IV I receive the minor orders from the patriarch of Venice--I get acquainted with Senator Malipiero, with Therese Imer, with the niece of the Curate, with Madame Orio, with Nanette and Marton, and with the Cavamacchia--I become a preacher--my adventure with Lucie at Pasean A rendezvous on the third story.
Malipiero was a senator, who was unwilling at seventy years of age to attend any more to State affairs, and enjoyed a happy, sumptuous life in his mansion, surrounded every evening by a well-chosen party of ladies who had all known how to make the best of their younger days, and of gentlemen who were always acquainted with the news of the town.
Malipiero would often inquire from me what advantages were accruing to me from the welcome I received at the hands of the respectable ladies I had become acquainted with at his house, taking care to tell me, before I could have time to answer, that they were all endowed with the greatest virtue, and that I would give everybody a bad opinion of myself, if I ever breathed one word of disparagement to the high reputation they all enjoyed.
I was acquainted with my subject, and would compose a sermon which would take everyone by surprise on account of its novelty.
She knew that I was acquainted with those circumstances, and my presence was evidently unpleasant to her, for she had certainly no wish that the old man should hear how she kept her promise.
I did not know Signora Tintoretta, but I was well acquainted with her reputation, character and manners.
As she was a native of Venice, I thought it was absurd for her to speak French to me, and I told her that I was not acquainted with that language, and would feel grateful if she would converse in Italian.
As he had already performed the pilgrimage to Rome, he knew every person in Ancona devoted to the cult of Saint-Francis, and was acquainted with the superiors of all the rich convents.
If Monsignor Caraffa had not been well acquainted with you, he would not have introduced you here.
I would only sell the secret for a large sum of money, and I am not acquainted with you.
I was then in the habit of calling sometimes upon Lucrezia in the morning, and of visiting in the evening Father Georgi, who was acquainted with the excursion to Frascati, and had not expressed any dissatisfaction.
Cardinal Acquaviva was made acquainted with these circumstances at nine this morning through the auditor you met in my room, and he promised to have the person sent away unless she belonged to his household.
I am much better acquainted with the young man, but he never confided his project to me.
At that moment I saw Petronio going by, and availing myself of a moment when the officer was talking to someone, I told him not to appear to be acquainted with me, but to tell me where he lived.