acquire
/əˈkwaɪɚ/ · verb
Meaning
- To get.
- To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- To become affected by an illness.
- To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirō; ad- + quaerō (“to seek for”). See quest.
- acquirō(la)→
- aquerre(Old French)→
- acqueren(Middle English)→
- acquire (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- akiri(Esperanto) (der)
- aquirar(Ido) (bor)
- adquirir(Portuguese) (cog)
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