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acquire (iou)



acquire verb trans. LME.
[Old French aquerre; English spelling Latinized c 1600 under influence of its ult. source Latin acquirere get in addition, from ad AC- + quaerere seek.]
Gain or get as one's own, by one's own exertions or qualities. LME.
W. Faulkner The gun..which he had acquired..at the sacrifice of actual food. E. Birney They had acquired piety & table manners.
Come into possession of. L16.
S. Johnson The Idler acquires weight by lying still.
Of radar, a radar operator: begin receiving signals from, locate. M20.
acquirable adjective M17.
acqui'ree noun (chiefly Commerce) a person, company, etc., acquired M20.
acquirer noun M18.
acquiring noun the action of obtaining for oneself; the thing obtained: M17.