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Webster 1913 Edition
Acquirement
Ac-quire′ment
(-ment)
, Noun.
The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
“Rules for the acquirement of a taste.” Addison.
His
acquirements
by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.
Syn. –
Acquisition
, Acquirement
. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acquirement
ACQUI'REMENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
acquirement
acquirement
English
Noun
acquirement (plural acquirements)
- (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
- (Can we date this quote?) Hayward?:
- […] his acquirements by industry were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature […]
- (Can we date this quote?) Hayward?:
- The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
- One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought […].
- (Can we date this quote?) Joseph Addison:
- […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]
- 1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
- At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
Synonyms
- (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition