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well(-)aˈcquainted, ppl. a.
†1. Familiarly known (to others). Obs.
1565Jewel Repl. Harding xiv. 509 These Authorities..be..wel acquainted, and knowen vnto the World. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. iii. 2 There's not a man I meete but doth salute me As if I were their well acquainted friend.
2. Having a good acquaintance with (= knowledge of) a person or thing; familiar with. Also without const. (of two or more persons).
1728Cibber Provoked Husb. i. i. 7 He is a Man too well-acquainted with the Female World to be brought into a high Opinion of any one Woman, without some well-examined Proof of her Merit. 1857Buckle Civiliz. I. xii. 666 Mounier was well acquainted with our language. 1864Pusey Daniel (1876) 311 Habakkuk's hymn shows one well-acquainted with the Psalms. 1877W. S. Gilbert Sorcerer i. Ballad, Time was when Love and I were well acquainted. |