adjective
1. : gained by or as a result of effort or experience
acquired wealth
acquired knowledge
acquired response
— compare innate , native
2. : attained by the individual by or as if by his own efforts: as
a. of bodily qualities or characters : relating to or being a part of the individual soma : caused by environmental forces (as use and disuse) and not subject to transmission from parent to offspring — distinguished from hereditary and genic
b. of disease or abnormal states : developed after birth
acquired heart disease
— opposed to congenital