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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquirement \Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n.
The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
``Rules for the acquirement of a taste.'' --Addison.
His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and
enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
--Hayward.
Syn: {Acquisition}, {Acquirement}.
Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or
talent; as eloquence, and skill in music and
painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or
endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal
attainments, in opposition to material or external
things gained, which are more usually called
acquisitions; but this distinction is not always
observed.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acquirement
n : an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
{accomplishment}, {acquisition}, {attainment}]
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