different between preacquaint vs reacquaint

English

Etymology

pre- +? acquaint

Verb

preacquaint (third-person singular simple present preacquaints, present participle preacquainting, simple past and past participle preacquainted)

1. (transitive) To acquaint previously or beforehand.
   • 1633, James Shirley, The Witty Fair One, London: William Cooke, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Wor[thy]. […] You haue not made your loue knowne to my Neece yet.

     Aym[well]. No, my intention was to preacquaint you.

   • 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, London: A. Millar, 3rd edition, 1743, Volume 2, Book 4, Chapter 3, p. 138,^[2]

     […] she inadvertently confirmed many Hints, with which Slipslop, whose Gallant he was, had pre-acquainted him […]

   • 1878, Alexander Melville Bell, The Principles of Elocution, Salem, Massachussetts: James P. Burbank, Introduction, p. xx,^[3]

     Those things which have been previously stated, or which are necessarily implied, or with which we presume our hearers to have been preacquainted, we pronounce with such a subordination of stress as is suitable to the small importance of things already understood […]

   • 1969, Tibor Agoston, Insight Therapy, State of Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, Part 4, Chapter 110, p. 215,^[4]

     […] we may describe differential dynamics as a gallery of disease patterns that may preacquaint the therapist with the picture which is likely to emerge when all the pieces are fitted together.

English

Etymology

re- +? acquaint

Verb

reacquaint (third-person singular simple present reacquaints, present participle reacquainting, simple past and past participle reacquainted)

1. To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.

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