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acquaintacquaint /əˈkweɪnt/ verb ETYMOLOGYacquaintOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French acointier, from Medieval Latin accognitare, from Late Latin accognoscere to know perfectly, from Latin ad- to + cognoscere to know VERB TABLEacquaint |
Present | I, you, we, they | acquaint | | he, she, it | acquaints | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | acquainted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have acquainted | | he, she, it | has acquainted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had acquainted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will acquaint | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have acquainted |
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Present | I | am acquainting | | he, she, it | is acquainting | | you, we, they | are acquainting | Past | I, he, she, it | was acquainting | | you, we, they | were acquainting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been acquainting | | he, she, it | has been acquainting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been acquainting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be acquainting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been acquainting |
acquaint somebody with something phrasal verb formal1acquaint yourself with something to deliberately find out about something: Residents should acquaint themselves with earthquake safety rules.2to give someone information about something: The guidebook acquaints the traveler with the city’s history and culture. → see also acquainted |