Acquire

Definitions: Acquire

Acquire

Verb

1. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work".

2. Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables".

3. Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "acquire" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Acquire \Ac*quire"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Acquired; present participle verb or noun Acquiring.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Acquire

Acquisition

Verb: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect; (assemble); pick, pickup; glean.

Impulse

Get into the way, get into the knack of; learn; cling to, adhere to; repeat; acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick; addict oneself to, take to, get into.

Learning

Verb: learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning.

Liberation

Gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape.

Production

Induce, superinduce; suscitate; cause; acquire.

Publication

Be published; be public, become public; Adjective: come out; go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about; get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind; find vent; see the light; go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current; go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land; virum volitare per ora; pass from mouth to mouth; spread; run like wildfire, spread like wildfire.

Receipt

Verb: receive; take money; draw from, derive from; acquire; take.

Receiving

Verb: receive; take; acquire; admit.

Repute

Live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor; Noun: play first fiddle; (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions; (approbation); take one's degree, pass one's examination.

Success

Speed; make progress; (advance); win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper; drive a roaring trade; make profit; (acquire); reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil , gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account; (use).

Crosswords: Acquire

You have to work harder but you do acquire a certain finesse that is missing from the stick-em-up and shoot-them-down school. (Jewel Robbery; writing credit: Bertram Bloch; Ladislas Fodor)

To live better, to own things I couldn't afford, to acquire this good taste that you now enjoy and which I should be very reluctant to give up. (To Catch a Thief; writing credit: David Dodge; John Michael Hayes)

To acquire things the old Lilith never had. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• And the Winner Is ... EchoStar to Acquire DirecTV [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Fifty Low Cost Ways to Acquire New Customers (reference)

• Helping the Mentally Retarded Acquire Play Skills: A Behavioral Approach (reference)

• How to Acquire Clients: Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practitioner (reference)

• How to Acquire Customers on the Web [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Acquire (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Women who acquire genital herpes during pregnancy can transmit the virus to their babies. Untreated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infections in newborns can result in mental retardation and death.Credit: CDC.

Two groups have recently used the Hubble telescope to acquire high-resolution images of the ...Credit: NASA.

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. A wood stork ready to acquire a portion of its dinner.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 33. Kofoid plankton sampling bucket devised by Charles A. Kofoid of the University of California at Berkeley in 1905. It was used on board the vessel LOMA out of San Diego. This bottle was used to acquire a volume of water in which the plankton would be counted for quantitative studies of life in the sea. This instrument closely resembled a Pettersson bottle.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 49. An Ekman bottom sampler for use in zoological sampling operations. This instrument was capable of acquiring a sample from a surface area covering 500 sq cm. This device was designed by Dr. Sven Ekman of Jonkoping, Sweden in 1910. This sampler was spring-loaded and snapped shut to acquire mud and silt. Although tested in a lake, it was equally useful in the sea.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The measure of property nature has well set by the extent of men's labour and the conveniency of life: no man's labour could subdue, or appropriate all; nor could his enjoyment consume more than a small part; so that it was impossible for any man, this way, to intrench upon the right of another, or acquire to himself a property, to the prejudice of his neighbour, who would still have room for as good, and as large a possession (after the other had taken out his) as before it was appropriated. (Second Treatise of Government)

According to this, bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and those who acquire anything, do not work. (reference)

The French State will acquire the property free and clear of all debts and charges. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Nothing is too small or too trifling to undergo this change, and acquire dignity thereby.

It was necessary to wait for it to acquire some little firmness that the artillery could manoeuvre.

I determined to go into business at once, and not wait to acquire the usual capital, using such slender means as I had already got.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some individuals acquire TSC through a process called gonadal mosaicism. (references)

Many children and adults who acquire the infection show no symptoms of the disease. (references)

Women who acquire genital herpes during pregnancy can transmit the virus to their babies. (references)

Business

A foreign company can also acquire a pharmaceutical company in Germany. (references)

PIA plans to acquire at least 6 wide-bodied aircraft in the near future. (references)

Future imports from the U.S. will depend on the nature of the fleet PIA decides to acquire. (references)

Children

Sierra Leone

Such programs involve reconstructive surgery, prostheses, and vocational training to help them acquire new work skills. (references)

Civil Liberties

United Arab Emirates

However, a child born to a citizen woman and noncitizen man does not acquire citizenship. (references)

Austria

The result is that asylum applicants denied assistance have no legal recourse to acquire benefits. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

Foreign citizens cannot acquire property without special government approval. (references)

Lebanon

They can freely establish, acquire, and dispose of interests in business enterprises. (references)

Bahamas

They may freely establish, acquire, and dispose of interests in business enterprises. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

There are numerous instances of the use of intimidation, sometimes by the military, and often by hired "thugs," to acquire land for development projects, particularly in areas claimed by indigenous people. (references)

Minorities

Croatia

Romani NGO's estimate that 25 percent of Roma do not have citizenship documents, and thus cannot obtain papers necessary to acquire social benefits, employment, voting rights, and property resolution. (references)

Denmark

In response to publicity concerning the involvement of foreigners in street crime and allegations of social welfare fraud committed by refugees, Parliament passed tighter immigration laws that took effect in 1999. Family reunification is now more difficult, and immigrants and refugees can no longer acquire permanent residence by living in the country for 18 months; rather they must now reside for 3 years and demonstrate, usually by so doing, that they have integrated into society. (references)

Political Economy

Uae

The UAE views with concern Iran's support for terrorism and its efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. (references)

HONG KONG

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has promised to consider further relaxation of this limit in 2001. In the meantime, foreign banks can acquire local banks that have unlimited branching rights. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

Foreign persons are still eligible for a two-year real property tax exemption if they acquire undeveloped land in The Bahamas provided that substantial development occurs during the first two years of the purchase. (references)

Trade

Spain

In order to acquire this certificate, the manufacturer has to demonstrate the sea-worthiness of the vessels. (references)

Ukraine

To assist in the current finance of five river/sea dry cargo vessels and enable Ukrrichflot to acquire two new vessels, all built in Romania. (references)

Ghana

To make it easy for a potential free zone developer to acquire the various licenses and permits to operate, the Ghana Free Zones Board provides a "one-stop approval service" to assist in the completion of all formalities. (references)

Travel

Philippines

SIRV allows them to acquire permanent resident status. (references)

Spain

To apply for a permit, one must first acquire the respective visa at a Spanish Consulate in the place of last residence. (references)

Austria

Do not expect your contacts in Vienna to be able to easily acquire tickets to the Opera, the Spanish Riding School or the Vienna Boys Choir. (references)

Women

Malaysia

While the change allows some foreign men to acquire permanent residence, the new regulations would not apply to foreign laborers who marry female citizens. (references)

Iran

The model contract also recognized a divorced woman's right to a share in the property that couples acquire during their marriage and to increased alimony rights. (references)

Monaco

The law governing transmission of citizenship provides for equality of treatment between men and women who are nationals by birth; however, women who acquire Monegasque citizenship by naturalization cannot transmit it to their children, whereas naturalized male citizens can. (references)

Worker Rights

Ukraine

National status and registration confer the right to acquire property, to maintain bank accounts, and to enter legally binding agreements. (references)

Romania

Trade unions may acquire property, support their member's exercise of their profession, establish mutual insurance funds, print publications, set up cultural, teaching, and research bodies, establish commercial enterprises and banks, and borrow money. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "acquire": acquire a polish ♦ acquire a reputation ♦ acquire a tan ♦ acquire a taste for ♦ acquire knowledge ♦ acquire the target ♦ acquire through practice ♦ acquire wealth. Additional references.

Ending with "acquire": re-acquire.

Afrikaan

verwerf (achieve, attain, get, obtain), behaal (accomplish, achieve, attain, earn, gain, get, obtain, reach, win). (various references)

Albanian

siguroj (assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), marr (accede, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), mësoj (attune, be educated, coach, condition, digest, educate, enure, find, find out, get on to, get wind of, hear, illuminate, induct, instruct, inure, learn, school, study, teach, train). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كسب (acquiring, acquisition, attain, earn, earning, gain, gaining, get, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), ‏نال (attain, carve, coax, come by, gain, get, get the best of, take, win), ‏حصل (angle, get, obtain, procure, secure), ‏إكتسب (achieve, develop, gain smb. over), ‏أحرز (achieve, attain, get hold of, obtain). (various references)

Bulgarian 

усвоявам (adopt, assimilate, catch up, digest, master, naturalize, take up), спечелвам (attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, gain, get, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through), сдобивам се с (latch, obtain, procure), научавам (hear, learn, pick up, read up, teach, understand), придобивам (contract, get, harvest, have, pick up, purchase, take on, work up), постигам (accomplish, achieve, come, compass, effect, effectuate, get, notch up, reach, realize, secure, turn, turn in, work out), достигам (abut upon, achieve, carry down, come, come by, come down, fetch, gain, greet, grow, hit, reach, scale, turn, win), добивам (assume, extract, fetch, get, mine, obtain, start, win). (various references)

Chinese 

获取 (Acquired, Acquiring, GAIN, Gained, Gaining), 養成 (cultivate, form). (various references)

Czech

získat (cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, gain, get, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, score, secure, take, win), pořídit si, osvojit se, nabýt (attain, distend, pick up, win), koupit si (nobble). (various references)

Danish

opnaa ved haevd (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption), Faellesskabet kan erhverve og afhaende fast ejendom og loesoere og optraede som part i retssager (the Community may acquire or dispose of movable and immovable property and may be a party to legal proceedings), faellesskabet indtraeder i de interesserede parters krav mod tredjemand (the Community shall acquire any rights of action enjoyed by those concerned against third parties), faa haevd paa (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption), erhverve på gunstige betingelser (to acquire under advantageous conditions), erhverve og afhaende loesoere og fast ejendom (to acquire or dispose of movable and immovable property). (various references)

Dutch

buit maken (achieve, attain, get, obtain, plunder, rob), behalen (accomplish, achieve, attain, earn, gain, get, obtain, reach, win). (various references)

Esperanto

akiri (attain, get, obtain), aĉetakiri (buy, purchase). (various references)

Faeroese

fáa (accomplish, achieve, attain, be able, be able to, get, harvest, have, obtain, provide, reach, receive), útvega (achieve, attain, employ, get, hire, obtain, provide, recruit). (various references)

Farsi 

پیداکردن (Detect, Discover, Gain), حاصل کردن (Afford, Generate, Get), اندوختن (Accumulate, Hive, Pile, Reserve, Rollup, Save, Store), بدست اوردن (Attain, Catch, Earn, Enter, Gain, Get, Have, Impetrate, Obtain, Procure, Reap, Win). (various references)

Finnish

hankkia (achieve, attain, furnish deliver, get, obtain, procure, provide, secure, supply). (various references)

French

procurer (act as agent, activate), acquérir (achieve). (various references)

German

erwerben (earn, gain, procure, purchase, secure, to acquire, to purchase, win). (various references)

Greek 

αποκτώ (come by, gain, get, get into, obtain, obtain from, procure). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקבל (accept, come by, get, obtain, receive, take, take on), לק� ות (buy, own, possess, purchase, shop), ל�"שי�' (accomplish, achieve, angle, attain, catch hold of, come by, comprehend, fetch, gain, get hold of, grasp, land, obtain, procure, question, reach, secure), לרכוש (appropriate, catch hold of, collect, come by, get hold of, obtain, pick up, procure, purchase, secure), לס�'ל (accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fit, obtain). (various references)

Hungarian

megszerez (achieve, attain, evict, get, obtain, procure, take out, to attain, to clinch, to corral, to evict, to purchase, to take out). (various references)

Indonesian

memperoleh (attain, get, obtain, procure). (various references)

Irish

ceannaigh (buy, purchase, take over). (various references)

Italian

acquistare (buy, gain, get, obtain, purchase, take, to buy in), acquisire (obtain). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身に付ける (to acquire knowledge, to learn), 地位�'獲る (to acquire a position), 得る 1 (to acquire, to obtain), 得る (to acquire, to gain, to get, to obtain, to win), 使い�"なす (to acquire a command of, to handle, to master). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うる (to acquire, to obtain, to sell), つかい�"なす (to acquire a command of, to handle, to manage, to master), みにつける (to acquire knowledge, to learn, to put on, to wear), ちい�'える (to acquire a position). (various references)

Korean 

취�"�하십시�". (various references)

Manx

geddyn (acquisition, beget, derive, get, get off, obtain, procurement), feddyn (acquisition, duct, find, get, locate, obtain, strike), cossyn, cosney (acquisition, ascend, ascend hill, clear out, earn, elude, gain, make off, preserve, score, win). (various references)

Papiamen

atkirí (achieve, attain, get, obtain), optené (achieve, attain, get, obtain), kumpra (buy, purchase, take over), haya (achieve, attain, find, get, have, obtain, receive), haña (achieve, attain, find, get, have, obtain, receive). (various references)

Pig Latin

acquireay

Portuguese

obter (accomplish, accrue, achieve, attain, come to, derive, draw, drew, gain, gather, get, have, make, obtain, pot, procure, procurement, pump up, purchase, pursue, reach, receive, secure, to obtain), adquirir (achieve, attain, buy, earn, filibeg, gather, get, make, obtain, pick, pick up, procure, purchase), comprar (buy, deal, get a beating, go shopping, purchase, take over, to buy). (various references)

Romanian

agonisi (earn, gather), achiziţiona (buy, buy in, collect, get, purchase, secure), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), procura (bear, bring, cause, find oneself, get, obtain, procure, raise, secure, supply), prinde (apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), obţine (achieve, attain, coax, come by, elicit, find it easy to, get, obtain, poll, procure, realize, secure, take, whip), lua (assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take), dobândi (achieve, attain, come by, come into, derive, earn, find, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, win), contracta (constrict, contract, develop, draw, flex, straiten), cãpãta (assume, coax, come by, come in for, come into, contract, derive, earn, find, get, make, obtain, pick up, purchase, receive, take on), câştiga (bear away, bear off, carry, carry off, clean, come by, conciliate, conquer, convert, draw the winner, earn, find, gain, gain smb. over, make, obtain, overcome, purchase, score, steal, sweep, take the cake, win). (various references)

Russian 

приобретать (come by, contract, get ~ hands on, get ~ up to, pick up, procure, purchase). (various references)

Scottish

sealbhaich (enjoy), cnòdaich, buidhinn (gain, win). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

steći (gain, get, receive, win), skrpiti (make, obtain), nabaviti (buy, pick up, procure, purchase), dobiti (get, get hold of, get in, obtain, receive, win). (various references)

Spanish

obtener (achieve, attain, bring off, come by, derive, earn, elicit, extract, get, get in, have, jump on, land, obtain, poll, procure, receive, secure, take out), adquirir (catch, come by, come into possession of, earn, fall into, form, gain, get, get into, go in for, invest in, obtain, pick up, purchase, to acquire), procurarse (achieve, attain, buy, get, obtain, procure, purchase, take over), consequir (achieve, attain, get, obtain), alcanzar (accomplish, achieve, add up to, amount, arrive at, attain, carry, catch up, catch up with, come up with, do, gain, get, get at, hit, jockey, last out, make up on, obtain, overhaul, overtake, reach, throw in, throw out, touch, win, win through). (various references)

Swedish

förvärva (achieve, aquire, attain, earn, gain, get, obtain). (various references)

Turkish

almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), sonradan kazanmak, kazanmak (achieve, attain, be in pocket, bear the bell, carry away the bell, carry off, clean up, clear, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, gather, get, get out of, land, net, obtain, pull off, purchase, realize, reap, take, win), elde etmek (achieve, attain, carry, clear, come off, conquer, gain, get, have, make, obtain, procure, purchase, secure, suck, take, win), edinmek (catch, come by, fall into, get, obtain). (various references)

Turkmen 

adykmak. (various references)

Ukranian 

оволодівати (engross, master, overwhelm), одержувати (attain, derive, gain, get, obtain, pull, receive, resume), набувати (contract, take on), здобувати (allure, attain, gain, obtain), досягати (accomplish, achieve, amount, attain, compass, gain ground, measure up, obtain, reach). (various references)

Welsh

prynu (buy, purchase, redeem), magu (breed, gain, nurse, rear), ennill (attain, best, earn, earnings, gain, profit, win), cael (find, get, have, receive). (various references)

adepto, adquisisti, anem, apparere, apparerent, appareret, collecta, collectae, collectam, collecti, collectis, collecto, collectos, collectum, collectus, collegerimus, collegeris, collegerunt, collegi, collegissent, collegisset, collegisti, collegit, colleximus, collexistis, colligam, colligant, colligas, colligat, colligatis, colligatur, colligebant, colligebat, colligendas, colligendi, colligendum, colligens, colligent, colligentem, colligentes, colligentur, colligere, colligerent, colligeret, colligeris, colliges, colligesque, colliget, colligetur, colligimus, colligit, colligite, colligitur, colligo, colligunt, colliguntur, conciliare, concilio, conligare, conparabimus, conparabitur, conparabo, conparabor, conparantes, conparare, conparari, conparastis, conparata, conparate, conparati, conparatus, conparaverunt, conparavi, conparavit, conparemus, conparer, conparet, conparetur, consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur, emam, emamus, emant, emantur, emas, eme, emebant, ememus, emendi, emendum, emens, ementes, ementur, emerat, emere, emeremus, emerent, emeris, emerit, emerunt, emes, emet, emetis, emi, emimus, emisti, emistis, emit, emite, emitque, emor, empta, empti, emptis, emptus, emunt, fac, facere, facerem, faceremus, facerent, faceres, faceret, faceretis, faceretque, faciam, faciamque, faciamus, faciant, faciantque, facias, faciat, faciatis, faciebant, faciebat, faciebatis, faciebatque, faciemus, facienda, faciendam, faciendas, faciendi, faciendo, faciendum, faciens, facient, faciente, facientem, facientes, facienti, facientia, facientibus, facientis, facientque, facies, faciesque, faciet, facietis, facietisque, facietque, facimus, facio, facis, facit, facite, facitis, facito, faciunt, facque, facta, factae, factaeque, factam, factaque, factas, facti, factique, factis, facto, factorum, factos, factum, factumque, factura, facturi, facturum, facturus, factus, factusque, feceram, feceramus, fecerant, feceras, fecerat, feceratis, fecere, fecerim, fecerimus, fecerint, feceris, fecerit, feceritis, feceritque, fecero, fecerunt, feceruntque, feci, fecimus, fecique, fecisse, fecissem, fecissent, fecisset, fecisti, fecistis, fecit, fecitque, optinere, par, parere, parerent, pareret, pari, pariam, pariant, pariat, pariebant, pariebas, pariendi, pariens, parient, parientis, paries, pariet, parietis, parietur, pario, paris, parit, paritura, pariunt, parti, partis, partu, partum, parturis, partus, pepererant, pepererat, pepererim, pepererit, pepererunt, peperi, peperimus, peperisset, peperisti, peperit, peperitque, potitus, usurpo. (various references)

begietan. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "acquire": acquired, acquirement, acquirements, acquirer, acquirers, acquires. (additional references)

Words ending with "acquire": reacquire. (additional references)

Words containing "acquire": reacquired, reacquires. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Acquire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accquire, accuire, acqire, acquard, acqui, acquie, acquiree, acquise, acquite, acqure, adquire, Akcije, aksumite, aqcuire, aqire, Aquiar, aquier, aquire, Aquirre, Bacquier, dacquiri, Eckmire, Fauquier, jacquerie, Jaquier, Macquairie, Mcquire. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: caique, cirque, curiae.

-2 letters: areic, aurei, auric, ceria, curia, curie, erica, quare, quire, uraei, ureic.

-3 letters: acre, care, cire, cure, ecru, quai, race, rice, urea, uric.

-4 letters: ace, air, arc, are, car, cue, cur, ear, eau, ecu, era, ice, ire, qua, rec, rei, ria, rue.

-5 letters: ae, ai, ar, er, re.

+1 letter: acquired, acquirer, acquires.

+2 letters: acquirers, acquitter, jacquerie, reacquire.

+3 letters: acquirable, acquitters, jacqueries, lacquering, microquake, picaresque, quackeries, quadriceps, quinacrine, reacquaint, reacquired, reacquires, requiescat.

+4 letters: acquirement, aquiculture, equicaloric, equivocator, microquakes, picaresques, quinacrines, reacquaints, reacquiring, requiescats, squirearchy.

+5 letters: acquirements, aquicultures, equivocators, quadricepses, quadriplegic, reacquainted, relacquering, squirarchies.

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