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acquainted, ppl. a.|əˈkweɪntɪd|
For forms see acquaint v.
[f. acquaint v. + -ed.]
1. Personally known; familiar, through being known. Const. to, unto. Obs. of person; arch. of things.
c1314Guy Warw. 57 To an ermite he is y-go That he was ere aqueynted to. 1560Phaër Eneid ix. B b 3 The horsmen kest themselues in crokings knowen of quainted ground. 1565Jewel Repl. M. Harding (1611) 377 These authorities..be also plaine and euident, and well acquainted and knowen vnto the World. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. ii. 139 That Warre, or Peace, or both at once may be As things acquainted and familiar to vs. 1627Feltham Resolves i. xxxv. Wks. 1677, 60 Fram'd so, in an acquainted shape, to advantage his deceit the more. 1805Southey Madoc in Aztl. xiv. Wks. V. 297 With cautious strength did Madoc aim attack, Mastering each moment now with abler sway, The acquainted sword. 1823Lamb Elia ii. ix. (1865) 294 We are at home and upon acquainted ground.
2. Personally known (to any one) and having personal knowledge (of him); having mutual knowledge. Const. with.
c1230Ancren Riwle 218 Þet he beo wel akointed mid ou. c1400Rom. Rose 600 Aqueynted am I & pryve With Myrthe, lord of this gardyne. 1494Fabyan v. cxxxiii. 117 An holy man, named Felix, y⊇ which he was firste acqueynted with in Fraunce. 1509Hawes Past. Pl. xix. xiii, Tell me I pray you hertely..how were ye acquaynted? 1611Shakes. Cymb. i. iv. 132, I pray you be better acquainted. 1779Johnson L.P., Gay Wks. 1787 III. 204 [Pope] when he became acquainted with Gay..received him into his inmost confidence. 1882Daily News 29 July 3/6 They had been some time acquainted, and walked out together.
3. Having personal or experimental knowledge; possessed of personal knowledge, more or less complete. Const. with, rarely of (men or things).
1480Ragman Roll 190 in Hazl. E.P.P. 177 Your hert ys roted in humylyté, And aquented nothing wyth his contrarye. 1535Coverdale Isa. lxiii. 16 For Abraham knoweth vs not, nether is Israel acquainted with vs. 1611Bible Isa. liii. 3 A man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe. 1771Junius Lett. xliv. 237 We have but one way left to make ourselves acquainted with it. 1836Whately Let. in Life (1866) I. 346 Being sure of his being better acquainted than most people in England of the real state of Irish affairs. 1868Geo. Eliot F. Holt 34 You have kept yourself..thoroughly acquainted with English politics.
†4. Familiarized by experience with, accustomed to. Obs.
1533Bellendene Livy i. 107 (1822) The swetnes of native cuntre, to quhilk men bene nocht haistelie acquentit. 1623Bingham Xenophon 71 It was a strong drinke..very pleasant to them that were acquainted with it. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. (1843) 692/2 A vulgar spirit, accustomed to no excesses, and acquainted only with a very moderate fortune. 1683Tryon Way to Health 578 They'l be acquainted at Java and Japan..to understand their own Constitution.
B. absol. quasi-n.
1577Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. 257, I take my leaue of your friendship, and also to call you my acquainted. |