"preacquaint" meaning in English

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          "text": "[S]he inadvertently confirmed many Hints, vvith vvhich Slipſlop, vvhoſe Gallant he vvas, had pre-acquainted him; […]",
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        "(transitive) To acquaint beforehand."
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