different between acquaint vs beken

English

Etymology

From Middle English aqueinten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Late Latin accognit?re, from Latin ad + cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from con- + noscere (“to know”). See quaint, know.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kwe?nt/
• Hyphenation: ac?quaint
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Verb

acquaint (third-person singular simple present acquaints, present participle acquainting, simple past and past participle acquainted)

1. (transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
2. (transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
   • October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn

     What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over

Synonyms

• (to make familiar): familiarize
• (to communicate notice to): advise, apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform
• (to familiarize; to accustom): habituate, inure

Translations

Adjective

acquaint (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Acquainted.

Related terms

• acquaintance
• acquainted

References

• acquaint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• acquaint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• acquaint at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English bekennen, bikennen, equivalent to be- +? ken (“to perceive”). Cognate with Dutch bekennen (“to acknowledge, confess”), German bekennen (“to admit, confess”), Swedish bekänna (“to profess, confess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k?n/, /b??k?n/

Verb

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.

4. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.
5. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.
6. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

Anagrams

• Benke, nebek

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?k?(n)/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Noun

beken

1. Plural form of beek

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k?n/

Verb

beken

1. first-person singular present indicative of bekennen
2. imperative of bekennen

Hungarian

Etymology

be- (“onto”) +? ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?k?n]
• Hyphenation: be?ken
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

beken

1. (transitive) to anoint, spread, smear (to distribute in an even layer), to apply/put on (a soft substance, cream, oil, paint, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bekenés

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bekend (“(well-)known”), from Middle Dutch bekent, part participle of bekennen (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??k?n]
• Hyphenation: bê?kèn

Noun

bêkèn

1. (colloquial) (well-)known

Derived terms

Further reading

• “beken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bekyn, bekene, biken, beeken, bekne, beekne

Etymology

From Old English b?acn, from Proto-Germanic *baukn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?k?n/, /?b??k?n/

Noun

beken (plural bekenes)

1. A fire that signals an impending attack or danger.
2. (rare) The structure a beacon is placed on.
3. (rare) A lighthouse.
4. (rare) A flag (piece of cloth with distinctive patterning)

Related terms

• bekenen

Descendants

• English: beacon
• Scots: bekin, beikin

References

• “b??ken, b?ken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.