reacquaint
verb
re·ac·quaint
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈkwānt 
reacquainted; reacquainting; reacquaints
: to give (someone) renewed knowledge and experience of something or someone : to make (someone) acquainted again
Each Olympic year, it takes a few nights of television to reacquaint yourself with the language of the Olympiad.—
Kate Rounds
Kate Rounds… the painstaking detail of the narrative … should reacquaint a new generation with forgotten truths.—David L. Kirp
David L. KirpIt would be an interesting and reflective way to reacquaint myself with the scale and beauty of my native land after nearly twenty years of living abroad.—Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson
reacquaintance
noun
… of course anything that promotes a reacquaintance with the Bible is all to the good.
—David S. Landes
David S. Landes
Examples of reacquaint in a Sentence
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This season, Chapman reacquainted himself with not only his former Bay Area digs, but manager Bob Melvin, who was Chapman’s manager his first five seasons in Oakland.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
Why the Royals’ strong start could be real and boundless
Take a look back at Friday’s game:
Salvador Perez splashes 3rd home run
Perez reacquainted himself with Citi Field on Friday.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2024
But, inevitably, Bella must also bear witness to injustice and reacquaint herself with suffering.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
By 2020, Sarai had started to resent her bucolic upbringing, but the pandemic forced her to become reacquainted with the landscape of El Llano.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
The former colleagues got reacquainted when Singleton was approached by the late author Richard Smitten, who was writing a book on Griselda Blanco.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
This experience of being reacquainted with the unvisited passions of a younger self is itself an exercise in the creation of doubles.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
To avoid this pitfall, conduct a thorough brand audit to reacquaint yourself with your brand’s fundamentals.
—Kristin Marquet, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
In the meantime, Folger reacquaints us with why Washington remains a premier destination for Shakespeare; few American cities can boast two theaters as robustly committed to the classics as Folger and Shakespeare Theatre Company.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
Why the Royals’ strong start could be real and boundless
Take a look back at Friday’s game:
Salvador Perez splashes 3rd home run
Perez reacquainted himself with Citi Field on Friday.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2024
But, inevitably, Bella must also bear witness to injustice and reacquaint herself with suffering.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
By 2020, Sarai had started to resent her bucolic upbringing, but the pandemic forced her to become reacquainted with the landscape of El Llano.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
The former colleagues got reacquainted when Singleton was approached by the late author Richard Smitten, who was writing a book on Griselda Blanco.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
This experience of being reacquainted with the unvisited passions of a younger self is itself an exercise in the creation of doubles.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
To avoid this pitfall, conduct a thorough brand audit to reacquaint yourself with your brand’s fundamentals.
—Kristin Marquet, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
In the meantime, Folger reacquaints us with why Washington remains a premier destination for Shakespeare; few American cities can boast two theaters as robustly committed to the classics as Folger and Shakespeare Theatre Company.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
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