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What (who) is acquaint - definition
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
acquaint
¦ verb
1. (acquaint someone with) make someone aware of or familiar with.
2. (be acquainted with) know personally.
(be acquainted) (of two or more people) know each other slightly.
Origin
ME: from OFr. acointier 'make known', from late L. accognitare, from L. accognoscere, from ad- 'to' + cognoscere 'come to know'.
acquaint
v.
1) to acquaint thoroughly
2) (D; refl., tr.) to acquaint with (the lawyer acquainted herself with the facts of the case)
Examples of use of acquaint
1. "I did not acquaint myself with his record," he said of Rich.
2. Researchers traveled cities and counties and met aged people to acquaint themselves with local special food.
3. He went round the operation study room to acquaint himself with the unit‘s performance of duty.
4. "It will take time for the market to acquaint itself with Olmert as finance minister.
5. He dropped in at a military lecture room to acquaint himself with its soldiers‘ training.