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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ACQUANT, ACQUENT, ACQUAINT, v. To acquaint.Sc. 1706 Letter in Hume Brown (ed. Ld. Seafield's Letters (1915) 176:
I must acquent y^r Lop. [etc.]m.Sc. 1996 John Murray Aspen 6:
Ah cudnae say.
Syne afore Ah cud acquent him
th' inn's no bin there
this ten year or mair,Slg. 1716 Rec. Shoemakers' Incorp in 1924–5 Slg. Arch. Soc. 39:
William Houston goes to the said Thomas Baird . . . desaren him to aquant his father [etc.]. Pa.p. acquantit, acquentit, etc.