Acquire: Definition and part of speech

Acquire

  1. v. t. To gain, usually by one’s own exertions; to get as one’s own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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.

Acquiescent: Definition and part of speech

Acquiescent

  1. a. Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

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.