acquaint

Definitions


[əˈkweɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make someone aware of or familiar with
(e.g: new staff should be acquainted with fire exit routes)


Phrases:

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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries