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
Villarreal: Did you feel like you had to reacquaint yourself with the character, or did you have to rewatch?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
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
Twenty-nine hours before his official return to the Dodger Stadium mound, Emmet Sheehan took a moment to get himself reacquainted with his home ballpark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
Accusations of AI use are concerning, sure, but couldn’t they also result in a grammatical Streisand effect of people learning about or becoming reacquainted with the multipurpose mark?
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
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
After the longest night ever I had to seriously get reacquainted with my pillow.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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
I was walking off a full day spent in front of screens, reacquainting myself with the outside world and natural light.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Maybe I’ll cool the reacquainting with Sandra for a while.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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