acquire
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English aqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirere; ad + quaerere (“to seek for”). See quest.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈkwaɪɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkwaɪə/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ac‧quire
Verb[edit]
acquire (third-person singular simple present acquires, present participle acquiring, simple past and past participle acquired)
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) 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.
- Isaac Barrow (1630-1677)
- No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step.
- William Blackstone (1723-1780)
- 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.
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1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 3/19/2, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
- Isaac Barrow (1630-1677)
- (medicine) To contract.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
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Translations[edit]
to get
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to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
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Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
acquīre
