Chapter Acknowledgedly to Acquisitive of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Acquiet
(Ac*qui"et) v. t. [LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit.] To quiet. [Obs.]

Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace.
Sir A. Sherley.

Acquirability
(Ac*quir"a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.

Acquirable
(Ac*quir"a*ble) a. Capable of being acquired.

Acquire
(Ac*quire") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiring ] [L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. aquerre. See Quest..] 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.

No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step.
Barrow.

Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.
Blackstone.

Syn. — To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See Obtain.

Acquirement
(Ac*quire"ment) n. 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.

Acquirer
(Ac*quir"er) n. A person who acquires.

Acquiry
(Ac*quir"y) n. Acquirement. [Obs.] Barrow.

Acquisite
(Ac"qui*site) a. [L. acquisitus, p. p. of acquirere. See Acquire.] Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.

Acquisition
(Ac`qui*si"tion) n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.]

1. The act or process of acquiring.

The acquisition or loss of a province.
Macaulay.

2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

Syn. — See Acquirement.

Acquisitive
(Ac*quis"i*tive) a.

1. Acquired. [Obs.]

He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil.
Wotton.

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