What does acquainted mean?
Acquainted means (often followed by with) Personally known; familiar..
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/əˈkweɪntɪd/ · adjective
(often followed by with) Personally known; familiar..
Suppoſe, therefore, a Perſon to have enjoy'd his Sight for thirty Years, and to have become perfectly well acquainted with Colours of all kinds, excepting one particular Shade of Blue, for Inſtance, which it never has been his Fortune to meet with.
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.
Use acquainted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Acquainted means (often followed by with) Personally known; familiar..
Common synonyms include acquainted with, familiar with.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Suppoſe, therefore, a Perſon to have enjoy'd his Sight for thirty Years, and to have become perfectly well acquainted with Colours of all kinds, excepting one particular Shade of Blue, for Inſtance, which it never has been his Fortune to meet with.
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