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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acquaint Acquaintable acquaintance acquainted Acquaintedness bring out familiar familiarise familiarize habituate Inconversant inform intimately introduce Jackaroo know knowledgeable orient Preacquaint			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			To assure upon To authorize one's self To avail one's self of To avise one's self To back a rope To back a warrant To back an anchor To back and fill To back out To back the field To back the oars To back the sails To back up To back water To bagpipe the mizzen To bake astern To bank a fire To bargain away To bate an ace To batten down To batten down the hatches To be To be a tiptoe To be abroad To be acknown To be acquainted with To be after To be aknow To be all squares To be astern of the reckoning To be at a loss To be at a stand To be at cross-purposes To be at home on any subject To be at loggerheads To be at six and seven To be at square To be at the boiling point To be at the bottom of To be at the heels of To be at the mercy of To be beside one's self To be born in the purple To be brought to bed To be burned out To be confined To be dead To be down at the heel To be friends with To be from To be game			To back a warrant To back an anchor To back and fill To back out To back the field To back the oars To back the sails To back up To back water To Backplane Buffer To bagpipe the mizzen To bake astern To bank a fire To bargain away To bate an ace To batten down To batten down the hatches To Be To be a tiptoe To Be Able To To be abroad To Be Absorbed To Be Acknowledged To be acknown To be acquainted with To Be Activated To Be Added To Be Advised To be after To be aknow To be all squares To be announced To be announced To be announced To be announced To Be Announced Later To Be Announced Securities To Be Announced Soon To Be Approved To Be Arranged To Be Assigned To be astern of the reckoning To be at a loss To be at a stand To be at cross-purposes To be at home on any subject To be at loggerheads To be at six and seven To be at square To be at the boiling point To be at the bottom of To be at the heels of

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