acquirability (akwirabiliti)

The quality of being acquirable. Paley. [Rare.] [ 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. Black stone . Having been left in a greater degree than others to manage their own affairs, the English people have become self-helping, and have acquired great practical ability. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 429. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 94. Men acquire faculties by practice. The young demand thoughts that find an echo in their real and not their acquired nature, and care very little about the dre they are put in. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 406. Acquired logic. See logic . =Syn. To get, obtain, gain, attain, procure, win, earn, secure, gather, master, learn. See attain .