reacquaint

verb

re·​ac·​quaint (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈkwānt 

reacquainted; reacquainting; reacquaints

transitive verb

: to give (someone) renewed knowledge and experience of something or someone : to make (someone) acquainted again

Each Olympic year, it takes a few nights of television to reacquaint yourself with the language of the Olympiad.

—Kate Rounds

… the painstaking detail of the narrative … should reacquaint a new generation with forgotten truths.

—David L. Kirp

It would be an interesting and reflective way to reacquaint myself with the scale and beauty of my native land after nearly twenty years of living abroad.

—Bill Bryson

reacquaintance

(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈkwān-tᵊn(t)s 

noun

… of course anything that promotes a reacquaintance with the Bible is all to the good.

—David S. Landes

Examples of reacquaint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sting had to reacquaint himself with writing for the stage and other people, as opposed to writing for only himself, with songs competing to make this final production. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 June 2026

He gets reacquainted 15 years later with his Sword of Power along with childhood chum Teela (Camila Mendes), who’s brainier and brawnier than the majority of the guys, and his former Man-at-Arms Duncan (Idris Elba), the former protector of Adam’s family. —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

And be prepared for something that dazzles, delights and reacquaints you with Rowling’s imaginative variations on a British school experience. —Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026

There was a beauty in this ritual, going out and not feeling shame about getting a hair transplant while getting reacquainted with my heritage. —Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reacquaint

• acquaint
• complaint
• constraint
• distraint
• repaint
• restraint
• faint
• feint
• maint
• paint
• plaint
• quaint