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foreacquaint

foreacquaint verb: to make familiar (with something) in advance.

Verb

foreacquaint (third-person singular simple present foreacquaints, present participle foreacquainting, simple past and past participle foreacquainted)

  1. (transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.

Forms of foreacquaint

third-person singular presentforeacquaints
present participleforeacquainting
past participleforeacquainted
pastforeacquainted

Origin of foreacquaint

From fore- + acquaint.

Questions about foreacquaint

What does foreacquaint mean?
Foreacquaint means to make familiar (with something) in advance.
What part of speech is foreacquaint?
Foreacquaint is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreacquaint?
The past tense of foreacquaint is foreacquainted.

Words near foreacquaint in the dictionary

  1. fore-wit
  2. fore-wits
  3. foreaccustomed
  4. foreach loop
  5. foreach loops
  6. foreacquaint
  7. foreacquainted
  8. foreacquainting
  9. foreacquaints
  10. foreacre
  11. foreacres

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