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English
Etymology
From dis- + acquaint: compare Old French desacointier.
Verb
disacquaint (third-person singular simple present disacquaints, present participle disacquainting, simple past and past participle disacquainted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To render (someone or something) unacquainted; to make (someone or something) unfamiliar.
1648, Robert Herrick, “.] To His Angrie God.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine , London: John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho Hunt, , →OCLC, page 18:Thy ſcourge of ſteele, / (Ay me!) I feele, / Upon me beating ever: / VVhile my ſick heart / VVith diſmall ſmart / Is diſacquainted never.
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