8 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
verb cause to come to know personally
verb make familiar or conversant with
verb inform
originFrom Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know.
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