different between acquaint vs repeat
acquaint
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)
- (transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
- (transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
- (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
- October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn
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)
- (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
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repeat
English
Etymology
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repet?, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /???pi?t/
- (noun) IPA(key): /???pi?t/, /??i?pi?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Verb
repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)
- (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
- (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
- (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
- (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
- (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
- (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands
- He […] repeats the danger of the burning town.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands
- (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
- (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
- To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
Synonyms
- (to do or say again): redo, reiterate, reprise, rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
- (to happen again): reoccur; see also Thesaurus:repeat
Related terms
- repeatedly
- repeat on
- repeat oneself
- repetition
- repetitive
Translations
Noun
repeat (plural repeats)
- An iteration; a repetition.
- A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
- (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
- (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
Synonyms
- (iteration; repetition): reiteration, reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence
Derived terms
- decarepeat
- homorepeat
Translations
See also
- redundant
Anagrams
- Partee, Perate, retape
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