transitive verb. To gain possession of.

transitive verb. To get by one's own efforts.

transitive verb. To gain through experience; come by.

transitive verb. To locate (a target) with an aiming device or a tracking system, such as radar.

To get or gain, the object being something which is more or less permanent, or which becomes vested or inherent in the subject: as, to acquire a title, estate, learning, habits, skill, dominion, etc.; to acquire a stammer; sugar acquires a brown color by being burned.

transitive verb. To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

verb. To get.

verb. 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.

verb. win something through one's efforts

verb. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

verb. gain knowledge or skills

verb. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

verb. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

verb. locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

verb. gain through experience

"Only later, when fear had been replaced by boredom, did the term acquire a derogatory shading."

acquired logic  

acquired taste  

change  locate  situate  

absorb  accept  assimilate  benefit  borrow  

Dyer  Meier  Meyer  Trier  attire  

assenting  cyanin  determine  gjorde  indexand  

accept  accumulate  achieve  add  admit  

acquired  acquires  acquiring