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Acquainting

(followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.

📖 Definitions of "Acquainting"

verb

1
(followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
"I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation."
2
(followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.
3
To familiarize; to accustom.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
familiarizeverb	(ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.
introduceverb	(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
presentverb	To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
familiariseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize. [(ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.]
defining	Serving to define or distinguish.
familiarising	serving to make familiar
familiarizingverb	serving to make familiar
informverb	(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
informing	(archaic) informative; educational
acquainted with	—
reacquaintverb	To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.
acquaintanceshipnoun	(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
familiarizationnoun	The act, process or result of familiarizing.
befriendingverb	The process of making friends with somebody.
familiarizedverb	having achieved a comfortable relationship with your environment
familiarisationnoun	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of familiarization. [The act, process or result of familiarizing.]
acquisitional	Of or relating to acquisition.
befriendedverb	(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
introductionsnoun	The act or process of introducing.
reacquaintedverb	To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.