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- verb Present participle of
acquaint .
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Examples
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You might want to follow Joy's lead and begin acquainting yourself with the research.
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They lost no time in acquainting her with what she already knew, the vote of the recent Town
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The court house and public buildings at Turkey Point were only saved by the appearance of the militia and a detachment of the 19th Light Dragoons, both of which corps I have very great satisfaction in acquainting Your Excellency, evinced the strongest anxiety to come in contact with the enemy.
The Experience of An American Soldier in the War of 1812-14 1913
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I find a pleasure in acquainting your Lordship with all that has happened, in case Father Tostado should come into your neighbourhood.
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The heart of Eugenia appeared to him positively entangled; and he besought Camilla not to lose a moment in acquainting Mr. Tyrold with her situation.
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It was once proposed to discriminate the slaves by a peculiar habit; but it was justly apprehended that there might be some danger in acquainting them with their own numbers.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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MR.C. R. CONQUERGOOD: In an issue a few weeks ago, Liberty Magazine introduced 'our guest speaker of today to its readers with this comment, which will bear repeating: "It is one of the paradoxes of this age of universal communications that while the publisher of a newspaper or the owner of a radio station may be instrumental in acquainting large sections of the public with the names, fames and shames of hundreds of personalities in the field of politics, sport, entertainment or business, he himself is rarely known".
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Twitter needs to offer that export option, just as Facebook did last year... provided it can do so without acquainting any more users with the Fail Whale.
Faster Forward: Talking to Twitter about spam, marketing, memory and more 2011
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Hmmm. I think you people that say the GOP is doomed need to start acquainting yourselves with the facts.
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As for the story told with pictures, it seems we might gain some perspective on both the Palin and the Wojnarowicz affairs by acquainting ourselves with the diverse ways the cross and the crosshairs have been portrayed throughout history.
G. Roger Denson: Misreading the Signs: How the Visual Illiteracy of Sarah Palin and The Smithsonian Re-ignite the Culture Wars G. Roger Denson 2011
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