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

From an American perspective, the upside of Spurs’ humiliation is that Mauricio Pochettino, who was there to witness his old team’s debacle, won’t be rushing to reacquaint himself with that coaching job. —Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

With the 2026 growing season inching ever closer, now is an excellent time of year for vegetable gardeners to reacquaint themselves with the essential piece to their successful production upon which every other facet of their garden success is built. —Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026

The afternoon gathering was the cherry on top for readers who had spent the last few weeks getting reacquainted with the classic 1847 novel by Emily Brontë. —Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026

Before diving into season 2, why not reacquaint yourself with The Pitt's heroic (and downtrodden) team? —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reacquaint

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