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<blockquote>His <b>acquirements</b> by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Acquisition</er>, <er>Acquirement</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Acquirement</i> is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are <i>acquirements</i>; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially <i>personal</i> attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called <i>acquisitions</i>; but this distinction is not always observed.</usage>

<h1>Acquirer</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*quir"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who acquires.</def>

<h1>Acquiry</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*quir"y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Acquirement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Acquisite</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"qui*site</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acquisitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>acquirere</ets>. See <er>Acquire</er>.]</ety> <def>Acquired.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Acquisition</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac`qui*si"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acquisitio</ets>, fr. <ets>acquirere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>acquisition</ets>. See <er>Acquire</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of acquiring.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>acquisition</b> or loss of a province. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; <as>as, learning is an <ex>acquisition</ex></as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Acquirement</er>.</syn>

<h1>Acquisitive</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*quis"i*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Acquired.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He died not in his <b>acquisitive</b>, but in his native soil. <i>Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; <as>as, an <ex>acquisitive</ex> person or disposition</as>.</def>

<h1>Acquisitively</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*quis"i*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the way of acquisition.</def>

<h1>Acquisitiveness</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*quis"i*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.</def>

<i>Combe.</i>

<h1>Acquisitor</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*quis"i*tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who acquires.</def>

<h1>Acquist</h1> <Xpage=16>