Definition of acquaintance

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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..

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Nonacquaintance :: Nonacquaintance (n.) Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
Gossip :: Gossip (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
Kith :: Kith (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.
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..
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..
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..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance..
Acquaintant :: Acquaintant (n.) An acquaintance.
Inacquaintance :: Inacquaintance (a.) Want of acquaintance.
Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..
Experience :: Experience (n.) The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering..
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance..
Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..
Unacquaintance :: Unacquaintance (n.) The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance.
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..
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 person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
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..
Inward :: Inward (n.) An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.
Intelligence :: Intelligence (n.) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
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