acquire
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From Middle English aqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin adquaerere; ad + quaerere. See quest.
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acquire (third-person singular simple present acquires, present participle acquiring, simple past and past participle acquired)
- To get.
- To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
- No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. — Isaac Barrow
- Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. — William Blackstone
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to get
to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
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[edit] Latin
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acquīre
- second-person singular present active imperative of acquīrō
