acquired
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verb (used with object), ac·quired, ac·quir·ing.
1.
to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
2.
to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.
3.
Linguistics. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
4.
Military. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.
Origin:
1400–50; < Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to search for, obtain); replacing late Middle English aquere < Middle French aquerre < Latin
1400–50; < Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to search for, obtain); replacing late Middle English aquere < Middle French aquerre < Latin
Related forms
ac·quir·a·ble, adjective
ac·quir·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ac·quir·er, noun
pre·ac·quire, verb, pre·ac·quired, pre·ac·quir·ing.
re·ac·quire, verb (used with object), re·ac·quired, re·ac·quir·ing.
self-ac·quired, adjective
un·ac·quir·a·ble, adjective
un·ac·quired, adjective
well-ac·quired, adjective
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently | |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin acquīrere, from ad- in addition + quaerere to get, seek] | |
| ac'quirable | |
| —adj | |
| ac'quirement | |
| —n | |
| ac'quirer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
acquire
mid-15c., from O.Fr. aquerre, from L. acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
acquired ac·quired (ə-kwīrd')
adj.
Of or relating to a disease, condition, or characteristic that is not congenital but develops after birth.
Developed in response to an antigen, as resistance to a disease by vaccination or previous infection.
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Example sentences
Buzz began last year when Doubleday acquired the book for $1.25 million.
In the event it proved a nervous moment-there were only two bidders-and whoever acquired it has not been showing it off.
Accordingly, more and more auto mechanics have acquired specialized training and educational credentials to match.
Indeed, paleontologists have long puzzled over how turtles acquired their odd traits and who their closest relatives are.
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