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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aqueren, from Anglo-French acquerre, from [[Latin]] acquirere, from ad- + quaerere to seek, obtain
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to get as one's own:
:a : to come into [[possession]] or [[control]] of often by unspecified means
:b : to come to have as a new or added [[characteristic]], trait, or [[ability]] (as by sustained [[effort]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection natural selection]) <acquire fluency in French> <bacteria that acquire [[tolerance]] to antibiotics>
*2: to locate and hold (a [[desire]]d object) in a detector <acquire a target by [[radar]]>
==See also==
*'''''[[Assume]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aqueren, from Anglo-French acquerre, from [[Latin]] acquirere, from ad- + quaerere to seek, obtain
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to get as one's own:
:a : to come into [[possession]] or [[control]] of often by unspecified means
:b : to come to have as a new or added [[characteristic]], trait, or [[ability]] (as by sustained [[effort]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection natural selection]) <acquire fluency in French> <bacteria that acquire [[tolerance]] to antibiotics>
*2: to locate and hold (a [[desire]]d object) in a detector <acquire a target by [[radar]]>
==See also==
*'''''[[Assume]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
