preacquaint

Definitions

To acquaint beforehand.

transitive

Examples

“1633, James Shirley, The Witty Fair One, London: William Cooke, Act I, Scene 1, Wor[thy]. […] You haue not made your loue knowne to my Neece yet. Aym[well]. No, my intention was to preacquaint you.”

“[S]he inadvertently confirmed many Hints, vvith vvhich Slipſlop, vvhoſe Gallant he vvas, had pre-acquainted him; […]”

“Those things which have⟳ been previously stated, or which are necessarily implied, or with which we presume our hearers to have⟳ been preacquainted, we pronounce with such a subordination of stress⟳ as is suitable to the small importance of things already understood […]”

“1969, Tibor Agoston, Insight Therapy, State of Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, Part 4, Chapter 110, p. 215, […] we may describe⟳ differential dynamics as a gallery of disease patterns that may preacquaint the therapist with the picture which is likely to emerge⟳ when all the pieces are fitted together.”

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