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Acquaint
acquaint
(acquaints, acquainting, acquainted) If you acquaint someone with something, you tell them about it so that they know it. If you acquaint yourself with something, you learn about it. (FORMAL) ...efforts to acquaint the public with their rights under the new law... I want to acquaint myself with your strengths and weaknesses. = familiarize VERB: V n with n, V pron-refl with n see also acquainted
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1.
transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French acuinter, aquaynter, from Old French acoins familiar, from Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscere to recognize, from ad- + cognoscere to know — more at cognition Date: 14th century 1. to cause to know personally was ~ed with the mayor 2. to make familiar ; cause to know firsthand Synonyms: see inform ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. & refl. (usu. foll. by with) make (a person or oneself) aware of or familiar with (acquaint me with the facts). Phrases and idioms be acquainted with have personal knowledge of (a person or thing). Etymology: ME f. OF acointier f. LL accognitare (as AC-, cognoscere cognit- come to know) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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4.
1. знакомить, ознакомить to acquaint smb (with smth) —- познакомить кого-л. с чем-л. to acquaint oneself with the information —- ознакомиться с данными 2. познакомить, представить to be acquainted —- быть знакомым we are acquainted already —- мы уже знакомы she acquainted her neighbour with my cousin —- она представила своего соседа моей двоюродной сестре 3. сообщать, извещать; информировать I have the honour to acquaint you with the following —- офиц. имею честь сообщить вам следующее to be fully acquainted with smth. —- быть полностью информированным относительно чего-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) знакомить to acquaint oneself with smth. - знакомиться с чем-л. to get/become acquainted with smth. - познакомиться, ознакомиться с чем-л. to be acquaint ed with - быть знакомым с 2) сообщать, извещать to be fully acquainted with smth. - быть полностью информированным относительно чего-л. Syn: see inform ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 be ~ed (with sb) to know someone, especially because you have met once or twice before (I am acquainted with him, but only on a professional basis.) get/become ~ed (=start to know someone that you have just met) (I'll leave you two alone for a while so that you can get better acquainted.) 2 be ~ed with sth formal to know about something, because you have seen it, read it, used it etc (I'm not really acquainted with the southern part of the island.) be fully ~ed with sth (All our employees are fully acquainted with safety precautions.) 3 ~ yourself with sth formal to deliberately find out about something (She always took the trouble to acquaint herself with the students' interests.) 4 ~ sb with sth formal to give someone information about something (My assistant should be able to acquaint you with all the details.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. acointier from V.L. *accognitare "make known," from L. accognitus, pp. of accognoscere "know well," from ad- "to" + cognitus, pp. of cogniscere "come to know," from com- "with" + gnoscere "know." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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