Definition of "acquainted" []

• Known by or familiar with another. (adjective)
• Informed or familiar: Are you fully acquainted with the facts? (adjective)

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• "Henri de Lubac and Karol Wojtyla, who later became Pope, were already acquainted from the days of the Second Vatican Council and held one another in high esteem."
• "Note: The travels of Bruce, illustrated by those of Mr. Salt, and the narrative of Nathaniel Pearce, have brought us again acquainted with this remote region."
• "The work of Bach on the History of the Roman Jurisprudence, with which Gibbon was not acquainted, is far superior to that of"