reacquaintancen.
/ˌriːəˈkweɪnt(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌriəˈkweɪn(t)ns/ The action of becoming acquainted or familiar with someone or something again; the fact of being reacquainted. Also: an instance of this.
ΚΠ
1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. x. iii. 315 When the first demonstrations of this happy reacquaintance [Fr. reconnoissance] were over, they all joined together in a more moderate conversation.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. ii. 356 Your re-acquaintance with those many and most noble Truths that Philotheus recovered into your Mind.
1754 D. Bellamy Family-preacher I. 338 All such as have indulged or offended, debauched or reclaimed their neighbours, shall..be brought to a reacquaintance one with another.
1867 Harper's Mag. Jan. 197/1 This rude and forced re-acquaintance with those who have been laid away in the chambers of the dead.
1965 Times 12 Jan. 1/1 After a week's re-acquaintance with the 3.8-litre version..my impressions were of its..ability to move from A to B effortlessly.
2007 Scotsman (Nexis) 14 Sept. 72 Nights of high intoxication are invariably followed by a sobering process that involves a depressing reacquaintance with reality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1659