单词 | reacquaint |
释义 | reacquaintv. transitive (frequently reflexive or in passive). To make (a person) acquainted or familiar with someone or something again; to bring back into acquaintance with. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > know, be conversant with [verb (transitive)] > render familiar > again reacquaint1642 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. N2v Tract of time at least all memory Will quite debarre, that reacquainten mought My self with mine own self, if so my self I sought. 1656 J. S. in T. Blount Glossographia sig. A8v In fine, what's due t'industrious observation, and re-acquainting our self-stranger Nation with its disguised self. 1871 Ladies' Repository Apr. 303/2 You re-acquaint yourself with the dear old poet to whom you had become almost a stranger. 1895 H. G. Wells Time Machine vii. 55 They were becoming reacquainted with Fear. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 20 I wondered if there were any important lies I had told her which it would be worth reacquainting myself with, but could think of none. 1989 N. McClintock Sixty-four, Sixty-five iii. 33 The first day of school..everyone was getting reacquainted with everyone else. 2007 Climber Apr. 90/2 She wanted to do long ‘mellow’ routes and get reacquainted with traditional climbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1642 |
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