v.
come to possess (something).
▸learn or develop (a skill, quality, etc.).
Phrase
- acquired taste
a thing that one learns to like over time.
Derivative
- acquirable adj.
- acquiree n. (Finance ).
- acquirement n.
- acquirer n.
Etymology
ME acquere, from OFr. aquerre, based on L. acquirere ‘get in addition’, from ad- ‘to’ + quaerere ‘seek’.
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