† acquainˈtation Obs. rare—1.
[n. of action f. acquaint + -ation. Not in Fr. though *acointation would have been quite reg.]
= acquaintance.
| 1468 Sir J. Paston in Lett. 588 II. 321, I as yet have govyn yow bot easy cause to remembyr me for leke of aqweyntacion. |