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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquire \Ac*quire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquired}; p. pr &
vb n. {Acquiring}.] [L. acquirere acquisitum ad + quarere
to seek for In OE was a verb aqueren fr the same through
OF aquerre See {Quest}..]
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.
--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. --Blackstone.
Syn: To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See
{Obtain}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acquired
adj : gotten through environmental forces; "acquired
characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose)
cannot be passed on"
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