acquaintance \acquaint"ance\, n. oe. aqueintance, of.
   acointance, fr. acointier. see acquaint.
   1. a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or
      more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal
      knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of
      friendship or intimacy; as, i know the man; but have no
      acquaintance with him.
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            contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a
            guileful man.                         --sir w.
                                                  jones.
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   2. a person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
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            montgomery was an old acquaintance of ferguson.
                                                  --macaulay.
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   note: in this sense the collective term acquaintance was
         formerly both singular and plural, but it is now
         commonly singular, and has the regular plural
         acquaintances.
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   to be of acquaintance, to be intimate.

   to take acquaintance of or with, to make the acquaintance
      of. obs.
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   syn: familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge.

   usage: acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy. these words
          mark different degrees of closeness in social
          intercourse. acquaintance arises from occasional
          intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief
          one. we can speak of a slight or an intimate
          acquaintance. familiarity is the result of continued
          acquaintance. it springs from persons being frequently
          together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve;
          as, the familiarity of old companions. intimacy is the
          result of close connection, and the freest interchange
          of thought; as, the intimacy of established
          friendship.
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                our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our
                nearer acquaintance with him.     --addison.
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                we contract at last such a familiarity with them
                as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call
                off our minds.                    --atterbury.
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                it is in our power to confine our friendships
                and intimacies to men of virtue.  --rogers.
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acquaint to be of acquaintance to take acquaintance of with acquaintance familiarity 
intimacy 

accredit \accred"it\, v. t. imp.  p. p. accredited; p. pr.
    vb. n. accrediting. f. accr'editer; `a l. ad +
   cr'edit credit. see credit.
   1. to put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or
      authority; to sanction.
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            his censure will . . . accredit his praises.
                                                  --cowper.
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            these reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine
            opinion.                              --shelton.
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   2. to send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy,
      or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or
      delegate.
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            beton . . . was accredited to the court of france.
                                                  --froude.
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   3. to believe; to credit; to put trust in.
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            the version of early roman history which was
            accredited in the fifth century.      --sir g. c.
                                                  lewis.
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            he accredited and repeated stories of apparitions
            and witchcraft.                       --southey.
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   4. to credit; to vouch for or consider some one as doing
      something, or something as belonging to some one.
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   to accredit one with something, to attribute
      something to him; as, mr. clay was accredited with these
      views; they accredit him with a wise saying.
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accredited accrediting credit to accredit with 

with \with\, n.
   see withe.
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withe 

with \with\, prep. oe. with, as. wi? with, against; akin to as.
   wi?er against, ofries. with, os. wi?, wi?ar, d. weder,
   we^er in comp., g. wider against, wieder gain, ohg. widar
   again, against, icel. vi? against, with, by, at, sw. vid at,
   by, dan. ved, goth. wipra against, skr. vi asunder. cf.
   withdraw, withers, withstand.
   with denotes or expresses some situation or relation of
   nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like. it
   is used especially: 
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   1. to denote a close or direct relation of opposition or
      hostility; -- equivalent to against.
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            thy servant will . . . fight with this philistine.
                                                  --1 sam. xvii.
                                                  32.
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   note: in this sense, common in old english, it is now
         obsolete except in a few compounds; as, withhold;
         withstand; and after the verbs fight, contend,
         struggle, and the like.
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   2. to denote association in respect of situation or
      environment; hence, among; in the company of.
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            i will buy with you, talk with you, walk with you,
            and so following; but i will not eat with you, drink
            with you, nor pray with you.          --shak.
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            pity your own, or pity our estate,
            nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate.
                                                  --dryden.
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            see where on earth the flowery glories lie;
            with her they flourished, and with her they die.
                                                  --pope.
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            there is no living with thee nor without thee.
                                                  --tatler.
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            such arguments had invincible force with those pagan
            philosophers.                         --addison.
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   3. to denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance,
      assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.
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            fear not, for i am with thee, and will bless thee.
                                                  --gen. xxvi.
                                                  24.
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   4. to denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument,
      etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.
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            that with these fowls i be all to-rent. --chaucer.
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            thou wilt be like a lover presently,
            and tire the hearer with a book of words. --shak.
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            he entertained a coffeehouse with the following
            narrative.                            --addison.
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            with receiving your friends within and amusing them
            without, you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of
            it.                                   --goldsmith.
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   5. to denote association in thought, as for comparison or
      contrast.
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            can blazing carbuncles with her compare. --sandys.
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   6. to denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession
      or consequence.
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            with that she told me . . . that she would hide no
            truth from me.                        --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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            with her they flourished, and with her they die.
                                                  --pope.
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            with this he pointed to his face.     --dryden.
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   7. to denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the
      firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune. "a
      maid with clean hands." --shak.
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   note: with and by are closely allied in many of their uses,
         and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which to
         distinguish their uses. see the note under by.
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withdraw withers withstand by 

withe \withe\ ?; 277, n. oe. withe. ????. see withy, n.
   written also with.
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   1. a flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a
      willow or osier twig; a withy.
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   2. a band consisting of a twig twisted.
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   3. naut. an iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom,
      with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged
      out and secured; a wythe. --r. h. dana, jr.
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   4. arch. a partition between flues in a chimney.
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74 moby thesaurus words for "with":
   about, added to, along with, amid, amidst, among, amongst,
   as well as, at, at all costs, at any cost, attended by, by,
   by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue of, by way of,
   coupled with, despite, even with, for, from, hereby, herewith, in,
   in addition to, in agreement with, in association with,
   in company with, in conjunction with, in cooperation with,
   in despite of, in favor of, in keeping with, in line with,
   in spite of, in there with, in virtue of, including, inclusive of,
   irregardless, irrespective of, let alone, linked to, mid, midst,
   near, next to, not to mention, on, over and above, partnered with,
   per, plus, pro, regardless, regardless of, regardless of cost,
   right with, spite of, thanks to, thereby, therewith, through, to,
   together on, together with, toward, upon, via, whereby, wherewith,
   wherewithal