Inflected forms: ac·quired, ac·quir·ing, ac·quires 1. To gain possession of: acquire 100 shares of stock.2. To get by one's own efforts: acquire proficiency in math.3. To gain through experience; come by: acquired a growing dislike of television sitcoms.4. To locate (a moving object) with a tracking system, such as radar.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acqurere, to add to : ad-, ad- + quaerere, to seek, get.
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