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Difference Between Acquaint and Reacquaint

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Definitions

Acquaint

Make someone aware of or familiar with
New staff should be acquainted with fire exit routes
You need to acquaint yourself with the house style
She was already well acquainted with his work

Reacquaint

Make (someone) acquainted or familiar with someone or something again
He was able to reacquaint himself with an old school chum

Acquaint

To cause to come to know personally
Let me acquaint you with my family.

Reacquaint

To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.

Acquaint

To make familiar
Acquainted myself with the controls.
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Reacquaint

Acquaint anew;
We reacquainted ourselves with this technique

Acquaint

To inform
Please acquaint us with your plans.

Acquaint

To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation.

Acquaint

To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.

Acquaint

To familiarize; to accustom.
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Acquaint

(obsolete) Acquainted.

Acquaint

Acquainted.

Acquaint

To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; - followed by with.
Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it.
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

Acquaint

To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; - followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.
Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love.
I must acquaint you that I have receivedNew dated letters from Northumberland.

Acquaint

To familiarize; to accustom.

Acquaint

Cause to come to know personally;
Permit me to acquaint you with my son
Introduce the new neighbors to the community

Acquaint

Make familiar or acquainted;
You should acquaint yourself with your new computer
We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings

Acquaint

Inform;
Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move

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