Definition of acquaintance

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Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

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Literature :: Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..
Nonacquaintance :: Nonacquaintance (n.) Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Companionship; acquaintance.
Advance :: Advance (v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural..
Cut :: Cut (n.) That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight..
Exrerience :: Exrerience (v. t.) To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views..
Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..
Unacquaintedness :: Unacquaintedness (n.) Unacquaintance.
Present :: Present (a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior..
Conversation :: Conversation (n.) Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance.
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate..
Acquaintance :: Acquaintance (n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him..
Exclusive :: Exclusive (n.) One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
Inacquaintance :: Inacquaintance (a.) Want of acquaintance.
Recognize :: Recognize (v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like..
Wear :: Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance..
Intimate :: Intimate (a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance..
Heartlings :: Heartlings (interj.) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
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