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

Directed by Neil Burger, espionage thriller Inheritance (out Jan. 24) stars Dynevor as Maya, who tries to get reacquainted with her estranged father (Rhys Ifans) and ends up neck-deep in an international conspiracy. —Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025

In a year where Jake Sanderson has had to get reacquainted with Travis Hamonic and Artem Zub at different points, the Senators have managed just fine with the Chabot and Jensen ensemble. —Scott Powers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

With season three almost upon us, this time whisking our jet-setters to Thailand, now's the perfect time to get reacquainted with all of the murderous mayhem. —Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025

Although all three of these distilleries are already well known, the results are an excellent reason to reacquaint yourself with three superlative single malt Scotch whisky expressions. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above