acquaint

/ə-ˈkwānt/

Middle English acoynten, aqueynten, borrowed from Anglo-French acuinter, acointer, aqueinter, going back to Vulgar Latin *accognitāre, frequentative formation from the base of Latin accognōscere "to recognize," from ad- ad-cognōscere "to get to know"

verb

  1. to cause to know personally

  2. to make familiar : to cause to know firsthand

was acquainted with the mayor

inform acquaint apprise notify mean to make one aware of something. inform implies the imparting of knowledge especially of facts or occurrences. acquaint lays stress on introducing to or familiarizing with.

idiom

  1. to learn about

The lawyer took a few days to acquaint herself with the facts of the case.