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ac⋅quire
[uh-kwahyuh
r] 
–verb (used with object), -quired, -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; < L acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, comb. form of quaerere to search for, obtain); r. late ME aquere < MF aquerre < L
1400–50; < L acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, comb. form of quaerere to search for, obtain); r. late ME aquere < MF aquerre < L
Related forms:
ac⋅quir⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ac⋅quir⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
ac⋅quir⋅er, noun
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| ac·quire (ə-kwīr') tr.v. ac·quired, ac·quir·ing, ac·quires
[Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrere, to add to : ad-, ad- + quaerere, to seek, get.] ac·quir'a·ble adj., ac·quir'er n. |
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Acquirer
Ac*quir"er\, n. A person who acquires.
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