Acquirable
to come into possession or ownership of; get as one’s own:
to acquire property.
to gain for oneself through one’s actions or efforts:
to acquire learning.
linguistics. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
military. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.
historical examples
the mir was indefatigable, active, inquiring, and desirous of obtaining knowledge in every acquirable shape.
the thistle and the cedar of lebanon habeeb risk allah
it is in itself a proof that men think social virtue to be acquirable and acquired.
plato and the other companions of sokrates, 3rd ed. volume ii (of 4) george grote
verb
(transitive) to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently
v.
mid-15c., acqueren, from old french aquerre “acquire, gain, earn, procure,” from vulgar latin -acquaerere, from latin acquirere “to seek in addition to” (see acquisition). reborrowed in current form from latin c.1600. related: acquired; acquiring.
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