acquainted
Pronunciation
  • (GA, RP) IPA: /əˈkweɪntɪd/
  • (Australia) IPA: /əˈkwæɪntəd/
Adjective

acquainted

  1. Personally known; familiar.
    • 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 16.
      Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds
Translations Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of acquaint



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