Acquet, or Acquest

[Fr. acquêt, from Lat. acquis it us.) ( Law.) Property obtained by purchase or donation. Ac'qui, a district of N. Italy, prov. A le and ria, on the N. side of the Ligurian A pennines. Area , 445 square miles. Prod., corn and fruit. Chestnut-trees furnish the peas- antry with an article of common food. and silk-worms are reared as a branch of industry. Pop. 102,000. Acqui , its capital, is seated on the Bormida, 18 miles S.S.W. of A le and ria. Pop. 8,000. It has commodious sulphur baths. Celebrated for its great antiquity, and for the remains of a Roman aqueduct. Acqui was taken by the Spaniards in 1745; retaken by the Piedmontese; and afterwards dismantled by the French. Ac'qui a, a creek that joins the Potomac, 30 miles below Alexandria, Virginia. Acquiesce', v a . [Fr. acquiescer ] To rest in, to re- main satisfied with, without opposition or discontent. Acquiescence, Acquies'cency, n. A silent ap- pearance of consent, distinguished, on one side, from avowed consent; on the other, from opposition: "Cer- tain indistinct murmurings of acquiescence." Acquiescent, a. Resting satisfied; submitting. Acquies'cently, ad . In an acquiescent manner. Acquinton, in Virginia , a post-village of King Wil- liam's county. Acos'mist, n. One who denies that the world ex- Acquirability, n. State or quality of being acquir ists. able. Fig . 26. Acquire', v . a. [Fr. acquérir .] To gain by one's own labor or power; to obtain what is not received from nature, or transmitted by inheritance. Acquire'ment, n. That which is acquired; gain; attainment; - generally used in opposition to the gifts of nature.