reacquaint
Americanverb (used with object)
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Explanation
To reacquaint is to get to know someone again, or to become familiar with something once more. If you move back to Boston after several years in Tokyo, you might have to reacquaint yourself with the subway system. When you meet your best kindergarten pal again after years apart, you're going to have to reacquaint yourselves. And if you haven't ridden a bike for ten years, you'll need some time to reacquaint yourself with riding before you can ride on the street with confidence. Reacquaint adds the Latin-derived prefix re-, "again or anew," to acquaint, from the Vulgar Latin accognitare, "to make known."
Vocabulary lists containing reacquaint
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Parents of teenagers demanding driving lessons will quickly reacquaint themselves with what some car manufacturers call the passenger-side assist grip.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Jill Lepore: I really wanted to reclaim and reacquaint readers with the idea of amendment, or what I call in the book “the philosophy of amendment,” as a founding American democratic and constitutional principle.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
Vanderkam said a woman she knew decided to reacquaint herself with tennis, her childhood hobby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
But it was probably more important to him that it made the people who grew up with him happy to reacquaint themselves with him as adults, if they hadn't already.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2023
Occasionally, I brought Desdemona’s food trays out and for a few minutes would reacquaint myself with her time-capsule life.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
I was like an astronaut returning to Earth, getting reacquainted with my own muscles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
A number of drivers had off-track moments as they reacquainted themselves with the Shanghai track, which has been freshly resurfaced for this year's race, including Norris and Leclerc.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
Villarreal: The other inspirational tale out of this film, you see the arc of this woman growing self-esteem and getting reacquainted with herself after it felt like everything was crumbling down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Villegas went to Augusta National with Rory McIlroy earlier this week to get reacquainted with a course he had reason to believe he might never see again.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
If my suit is successful, I shall send for you so that you may become reacquainted with her.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
On top of reacquainting the populace with a story that most of us have not thought much about since that middle-school project or college classics class, “The Odyssey” is offering a lesson in “premium formats.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was recalled on Friday and spent much of pregame happily reacquainting himself with coaches, teammates and staffers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
Since reacquainting with my old friend bouillon, I've begun sprinkling dashes of it into my paella, egg-and-vegetable stir-fries, and almost every soup and stew.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2022
It spends much of that time showing Obi-Wan reacquainting himself with the Force while also reestablishing just how terrifying Vader can be.
From The Verge ● Jun. 22, 2022
Maybe I’ll cool the reacquainting with Sandra for a while.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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