acquaint

Found in thesaurus: inform

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acquaint
v. make familiar; present someone, introduce someone; make known

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acquaint

Verb
1. cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
(synonym) introduce, present
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) reacquaint
(verb-group) familiarize, familiarise
(derivation) acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy
2. make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
(synonym) familiarize, familiarise
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) verse
(verb-group) introduce, present
3. inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"
(hypernym) inform


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acquaint
v. seznámit (se)

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Acquaint
(v. t.)
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
  
 
(v. t.)
To familiarize; to accustom.
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
Acquainted.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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acquaint
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 facts, give word, habituate, inform, instruct, introduce, leave word, let know, make acquainted, mention to, notify, post, present, quaint, report, reveal, send word, serve notice, speak, tell, verse, warn,
  

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