acquaint

«acquaint» in Mova's school dictionary: To make someone know a fact or news; to inform — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (acquaints, acquainted, acquainting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone know a fact or news; to inform. tree →

2) (old use) To come to know someone or something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a servant sent to tell a master the news

examples

• Please acquaint me with the news. tree →
• He hurried off to acquaint his master. tree →
• Let me acquaint you with my friend. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
• Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «acquaint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.