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disacquaint

disacquaint verb: to render (someone or something) unacquainted; to make (someone or something) unfamiliar.

Verb

disacquaint (third-person singular simple present disacquaints, present participle disacquainting, simple past and past participle disacquainted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To render (someone or something) unacquainted; to make (someone or something) unfamiliar.
    • Thy ſcourge of ſteele, / (Ay me!) I feele, / Upon me beating ever: / VVhile my ſick heart / VVith diſmall ſmart / Is diſacquainted never.1648, Robert Herrick, “[His Noble Numbers: Or, His Pious Pieces, […].] To His Angrie God.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield...

Forms of disacquaint

third-person singular presentdisacquaints
present participledisacquainting
past participledisacquainted
pastdisacquainted

Origin of disacquaint

From dis- + acquaint: compare Old French desacointier.

Questions about disacquaint

What does disacquaint mean?
Disacquaint means to render (someone or something) unacquainted; to make (someone or something) unfamiliar.
What part of speech is disacquaint?
Disacquaint is a verb.
What is the past tense of disacquaint?
The past tense of disacquaint is disacquainted.

Words near disacquaint in the dictionary

  1. disacknowledgements
  2. disacknowledges
  3. disacknowledging
  4. disacknowledgment
  5. disacknowledgments
  6. disacquaint
  7. disacquaintance
  8. disacquainted
  9. disacquainting
  10. disacquaints
  11. disacryl

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