one-off, defriend, befriend, acquaint, reacquaint, getting-acquainted

 

• Hong Kong looked like a strange place for the world's most famous fugitive to hide, but misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows 178

Bottoms Up: Beer-Flavored Ice Cream

By LUCY BURNINGHAM 1:06 PM ET

Two of summer’s signature indulgences are getting better acquainted.

 

White House Shooting Suspect’s Path to Extremism

By WILLIAM YARDLEY 11:08 PM ET

The suspect in the White House shooting comes from Idaho, a state with a history of right-wing extremism, but he was not part of those movements, acquaintances said.

"O my friends, there is no friend. "

But for a small band of lobbyists and industry organisations lucky enough to have become acquainted with a member of the House of Lords, life is much easier. After a one-off background check, passholders can enter Parliament through one of several private entrances, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, can show guests and clients around and use the canteen and the gym.




Drafting a Future
During his getting-acquainted tour of the Smithsonian, G. Wayne Clough, the institution's new secretary, was stopped in his tracks by a group of researchers poring over pages of "endangered" languages.
(By Jacqueline Trescott, The Washington Post)

EuroVox | 04.08.2008 | 05:30 
Garden Project, Week 10 – Garden Project Highlights 

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: We re-meet everyone involved in the Garden Project

It's midway through the Garden Project and time to be reacquainted with all those involved at the International Garden in Bonn.

We’ve met some interesting people along the way and learned that having a small plot of land isn’t as easy as you might think. From strawberries to snails, from Rwanda to Russia, we bring you the highlights of the International Garden to date.

acquainted 

adjective [after verb] FORMAL

knowing or being familiar with a person:

"Do you know Daphne?" "No, I'm afraid we're not acquainted."

I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.

acquainted 

adjective FORMAL

be acquainted with sth to know or be familiar with something, because you have studied it or have experienced it before:

Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted with the alarm system at the department store.

reacquaint

IN BRIEF: v. - Get to know again.

acquaint sb with sth phrasal verb FORMAL
to make someone or yourself aware of something:
[R] Take time to acquaint yourself with the rules.
The Broadcasting Museum also offers Saturday workshops to acquaint children with the world of radio.


(one-off (wŭn'ôf', -ŏf') Chiefly British.
adj. Happening, done, or made only once.

adj. - 只做一次的, 單人用的
n. - 一次, 單人用

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一回限りの, 一人用の

one-off

(1) One at a time. CD-ROM recorders (CD-R drives) are commonly called one-off machines because they write one CD-ROM at a time.

(2) Only once. Software that is written to solve a specific problem only one time is sometimes called a one-off.)

 Definition of acquaint

Pronunciation: /əˈkwānt/

verb

[with object] (acquaint someone with)

• make someone aware of or familiar with:new staff should be acquainted with fire exit routes you need to acquaint yourself with the house style
• (be acquainted) be an acquaintance:I am not acquainted with any young lady of that name I’ll leave you two to get acquainted

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French acointier 'make known', from late Latin accognitare, from Latin accognoscere, from ad- 'to' + cognoscere 'come to know'

Remember that acquaint and the related word acquaintance are part of a set of words that begin with acqu-. Other words that are spelled acqu- include acquiesce, acquire, and acquit.

friend
n.

1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.
5. Friend A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.

tr.v., friend·ed, friend·ing, friends.

1. To add (someone) as a friend on a social networking website.
2. Archaic. To befriend.

[Middle English, from Old English frēond.]

friendless friend'less adj.
friendlessness friend'less·ness n.

WORD HISTORY A friend is a lover, literally. The relationship between Latin amīcus "friend" and amō "I love" is clear, as is the relationship between Greek philos "friend" and phileō "I love." In English, though, we have to go back a millennium before we see the verb related to friend. At that time, frēond, the Old English word for "friend," was simply the present participle of the verb frēon, "to love." The Germanic root behind this verb is *frī-, which meant "to like, love, be friendly to." Closely linked to these concepts is that of "peace," and in fact Germanic made a noun from this root, *frithu-, meaning exactly that. Ultimately descended from this noun are the personal names Frederick, "peaceful ruler," and Siegfried, "victory peace." The root also shows up in the name of the Germanic deity Frigg, the goddess of love, who lives on today in the word Friday, "day of Frigg," from an ancient translation of Latin Veneris diēs, "day of Venus."