■ verb come to possess (something).
↘learn or develop (a skill, quality, etc.).
Phrases
~d taste a thing that one learns to like over time.
Derivatives
acquirable adjective
~e noun ( Finance ).
~ment noun
~r noun
Origin
ME acquere , from OFr. aquerre , based on L. ~re 'get in addition', from ad- 'to' + quaerere 'seek'.