acquérir
Meaning
- to acquire, to obtain
- to purchase
- to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
Concepts
acquire
gain
get
purchase
buy
obtain
achieve
catch
win
take over
attain
develop
take
secure
accomplish
evolve
learn
procure
raise
attain to
forgo
waive
larn
advance
gain ground
get ahead
make headway
pull ahead
buy out
buy up
hold
prevail
absorb
adopt
assume
embrace
buy back
William Blackstone
find
earn
marry
yield
study
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.ke.ʁiʁ/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French acquerir, from Old French acquerir, aquerre, from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.
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