— acquisitional , adj. — acquisitor /euh kwiz"i teuhr/ , n.
/ak'weuh zish"euhn/ , n.
1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
2. something acquired; addition: a recent acquisition to the museum.
3. Ling. the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element: child language acquisition; second language acquisition.
[ 1375-1425; ME adquisicioun, a ( c ) quisicion acquisition- (s. of acquisitio ), equiv. to acquisit ( us ), ptp. of acquirere to ACQUIRE + -ion- -ION ]