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Acquentit, p.p. Also: acquyntit (-ed), acquented, acquantit, -ed. [p.p. of the vb. Cf. Acquent p.p.] Acquainted. 1525 Douglas Corr. 98.
In all tymes bygayne sence I was acqyntit with ȝou 1533 Boece iv. xvi. 152.
Ony new servand nocht acquentit is with vthir servandis in derisioun 1562-3 Winȝet I. 138/11.
I sall wryte to ȝou my mynd in Latin, for I am nocht acquyntit with ȝour Southeroun 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 43.
All that sould be familiarlie acquentit with it a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xviii. 44.
At the last … He come acquantit with a kyt 1619 Maxwell Mem. II. 197.
My weyfe hes hir hartle rememberit to ȝew till ȝe be better acquentit 1635 Lundie Poems 5.
Vith yovr lin[e]s my muse vas not acquanted [: wanted] 1640 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 221.
Is any under sunne, so well acquainted, With them, as I, whose body they tormented