rare. [f. ACQUAINTANCE, by substituting the ending -NCY, which is distinctively one of state; cf. coherence and coherency.] = prec. (and due to same cause).
1859. Mahoney, Rel. Father Prout, 567. But there came anon, As we journey’d on, Down the deep Garonne, An acquaintancy, Which we deem’d, I count, Of most high amount.
