Acquire

ak-kwīr′, v.t. to gain: to attain to.— n. Acquirabil′ity .— adj. Acquir′able , that may be acquired.— ns. Acquire′ment , something learned or got by effort, rather than a gift of nature; Acquisi′tion , the act of acquiring: that which is acquired.— adj. Acquis′itive , desirous to acquire.— n. Acquis′itivene , propensity to acquire—one of the phrenologists' so-called faculties, with its special organ. [O. Fr. aquerre —L. acquirĕre , -quisitum — ad , to, and quærĕre , to seek.]