n. [ OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See Acquaint. ]
Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]
Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In this sense the collective term acquaintance was formerly both singular and plural, but it is now commonly singular, and has the regular plural acquaintances. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be of acquaintance,
To take acquaintance of or
with
Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
We contract at last such a familiarity with them as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is in our power to confine our friendships and intimacies to men of virtue. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. acointant, p. pr. ] An acquaintance. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Lack of acquaintance. Good. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F. intangible. ] Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall.
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v. t. See Entangle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL. Morus fustic + E. tannic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria, formerly Maclura tinctoria and Morus tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also
n. Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five. See Five. ] Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively;
n. Restraint; stoppage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]