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acquaint

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/

▶verb

1 (acquaint someone with) make someone aware of or familiar with.

2 (be acquainted with) know personally.
■ (be acquainted) (of two or more people) know each other slightly.

– origin ME: from OFr. acointier ‘make known’, from late L. accognitare, from L. accognoscere, from ad- ‘to’ + cognoscere ‘come to know’.

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