Pray God he may acquit him of suspicion!.
We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young and dodge the account: or if they live, they lose themselves in the crowd.
Till I have acquit your captive Knight.
I am glad I am so acquit of this tinder box.
Till life to death acquit my forced offence.
If he was convicted, it was because it was impossible to acquit him without offering the grossest outrage to justice and common sense.
Though this was one of the first mercantile transactions of my life, yet I had no doubt about acquitting myself with reputation.