Preacquaint
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Preacquaint is a verb meaning (transitive) To acquaint beforehand.
Meaning
(transitive) To acquaint beforehand.
Example Sentences
[S]he inadvertently confirmed many Hints, vvith vvhich Slipſlop, vvhoſe Gallant he vvas, had pre-acquainted him; […]
1633, James Shirley, The Witty Fair One, London: William Cooke, Act I, Scene 1, Wor[thy]. […] You haue not made your loue knowne to my Neece yet. Aym[well]. No, my intention was to preacquaint you.
Those things which have been previously stated, or which are necessarily implied, or with which we presume our hearers to have been preacquainted, we pronounce with such a subordination of stress as is suitable to the small importance of things already understood […]
1969, Tibor Agoston, Insight Therapy, State of Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, Part 4, Chapter 110, p. 215, […] we may describe differential dynamics as a gallery of disease patterns that may preacquaint the therapist with the picture which is likely to emerge when all the pieces are fitted together.
Word Forms
- preacquaints
- preacquainting
- preacquainted
- pre-acquaint
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preacquire, preclear, preprovide, foreprepare, prefix, preascertain.
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