acquaintanceship

[ACQUAINT.] The state of being acquainted. ( Chalmers.) *ạc-quaint-ant, s. An acquaintance. an acquaint ant and a friend of Edmund Spenser."-1. Walton. ạc-qua'int-ed, pa. par. [ACQUAINT.] Used in the same sense as the verb, with rarely the special sense of well-known. as things acquainted and familiar to us." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Part II., v. 2 †ạc-quaint-ěd-ne , s . [ACQUAINT.] The state of being acquainted. ạc-quaint-ing, pr . par . [ACQUAINT.] ăc-quârt, āik'-wert, a. [AWKWARD.] 1. Turned away from; averse: averted from. ( Scotch .) "Dido aggreuil ay, quhil he his tale tald Wyth acquart luke gan toward hin behald, Rollyng vimquhile her vmquhile her ene now here, now there, Wyth sycht vnstabill wauerand ouer al quhare." Douglas: Virgil , cxii. 26. 2. Cro , perverse. *ạc-quê'int-aunce. [ACQUAINTANCE.] "For here acqueintaunce was not come of newe; Thay were his approwours prively." Chaucer: Freres Tale , 6,924-5.