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ac·quire       (ə-kwīr')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ac·quired, ac·quir·ing, ac·quires
  1. To gain possession of: acquire 100 shares of stock.
  2. To get by one's own efforts: acquire proficiency in math.
  3. To gain through experience; come by: acquired a growing dislike of television sitcoms.
  4. To locate (a moving object) with a tracking system, such as radar.


[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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