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To be acquainted with

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to be possessed of personal knowledge of; to be cognizant of; to be more or less familiar with; to be on terms of social intercourse with.

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Is dying to be acquainted with Anne's husband, and to be informed of Anne's married name.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Almost smiling, he gazed straight into her eyes with such an enraptured caressing look that it seemed strange to be so near him, to look at him like that, to be so sure he admired her, and not to be acquainted with him.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She felt immediately that she should like him; and there was a wellbred ease of manner, and a readiness to talk, which convinced her that he came intending to be acquainted with her, and that acquainted they soon must be.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
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