v.
  - 
(acquaint someone with)
 make someone aware of or familiar with.
 - 
(be acquainted with)
 know personally. 
▸
(be acquainted)
 (of two or more people) know each other slightly.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. acointier ‘make known’, from late L. accognitare, from L. accognoscere, from ad- ‘to’ + cognoscere ‘come to know’.