acquired
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acquire/əˈkwʌɪə(r)/
▶verb come to possess (something).
■ learn or develop (a skill, quality, etc.).
– phrases
acquired taste a thing that one learns to like over time.
acquired taste a thing that one learns to like over time.
– derivatives
acquirable adjective,
acquiree noun (Finance),
acquirement noun,
acquirer noun.
acquirable adjective,
acquiree noun (Finance),
acquirement noun,
acquirer noun.
– origin ME acquere, from OFr. aquerre, based on L. acquirere ‘get in addition’, from ad- ‘to’ + quaerere ‘seek’.
'acquired' also found in these Oxford entries:
acquire
- acquired character
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- acquisition
- Aids
- BarcaLounger
- belt
- candid
- Caucasian
- choler
- cripple
- deaf mute
- disgorge
- dunce
- gleanings
- hospital fever
- ill-gotten
- inheritance tax
- knack
- knowledge
- Lamarckism
- lap
- learning
- limousine
- lorry
- nativism
- new
- nigger
- nouveau riche
- patina
- plunder
- preview
- pupil
- qualification
- rampant
- sad
- self-taught
- short
- sophisticated
- static
- store
- take
- trade wind
- untaught
- vulgarian
