acquest

Meaning

  1. (countable, rare, uncountable) Acquisition; the thing gained.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈkwɛst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English aqueste (later conflating with enqueste), from Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum, ultimately from Latin quaerere (“seek”). Doublet of acquis.

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