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   acquaint

   /əˈkweɪnt/

   verb

   • 1. make someone aware of or familiar with: "new staff should be acquainted with fire exit routes"
   • ▪ know someone slightly: "I am not acquainted with any young lady of that name"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French acointier ‘make known’, from late Latin accognitare, from Latin accognoscere, from ad- ‘to’ + cognoscere ‘come to know’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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