Meaning of Acquirement | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
   archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
2. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.”

“If she can think⟳, that the part she has had in your education, and your own⟳ admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.”

“[…] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate⟳ that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point⟳ of genius and professional acquirements.”

“[…] rules for the acquirement of a taste⟳ […]”

“One man's life or death were but a small price to pay⟳ for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought […].”

“At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land⟳ acquirement, during which land⟳ values may vary⟳ impredictably.”

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