verb
- Cause to come to know personally.
- usage: "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
- Make familiar or conversant with.
- usage: "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
- synonyms: familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
- Inform.
- usage: "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"
- synonyms: acquaint
adjective
- Having fair knowledge of.
- usage: "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts"
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