Meanings
- not comparablerareSynonym of acquainted.
He or she has either met with you “one on one” or became acquaintanced with you and your firm via a seminar.
2006, Raymond J. Ohlson, Until Next Time... Good Selling!, →ISBN, page 1444 more examples
“I should be unwilling to have her know we were ever acquaintanced with Mr. Fitzgerald,” responded Mrs. King.
1867, Lydia Maria Child, Rosa and Flora: A Romance, volume 2, page 167He had read all the books within his reach, and at the age of thirteen had made himself acquaintanced with most of the principal English writers, especially the poets; […]
1885, Georgiana Fullerton, Lady-Bird: A Tale, page 12His knowledge of its principles and developments was considerable, and probably few men were better acquaintanced with the great European churches, either through having visited them or through books and photographs.
1913, M. A. Bayfield, “Memoir”, in A. W. Verrall, Collected Literary Essays Classical and Modern, page xcvHe was also well acquainted with three kings of Britain and with at least ten prime ministers, and was acquaintanced with Wellington, Napoleon, Talleyrand, and Metternich.
1987, Herbert F. Thompson, “The Scottish Enlightenment and Political Economy”, in S. Todd Lowry, editor, Pre-Classical Economic Thought: From the Greeks to the Scottish Enlightenment, →ISBN, page 251Synonyms: acquainted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of acquainted.
Origin
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