Helen Fenton

Acquit: Definition and part of speech

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Acquit

  1. p. p. Acquitted; set free; rid of.
  2. v. t. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
  3. v. t. To pay for; to atone for.
  4. v. t. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; — now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
  5. v. t. To clear one’s self.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acquisitiveness: Definition and part of speech

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Acquisitiveness

  1. n. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
  2. n. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acquisitive: Definition and part of speech

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Acquisitive

  1. a. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.
  2. a. Acquired.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acquisition: Definition and part of speech

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Acquisition

  1. n. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
  2. n. The act or process of acquiring.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.