acquest
[ uh-kwest ]
/ əˈkwɛst /
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noun Law.
property acquired other than by inheritance, as by purchase or gift.
Nearby words
- acquaint,
- acquaintance,
- acquaintance rape,
- acquaintance violence,
- acquainted,
- acquiesce,
- acquiescence,
- acquiescent,
- acquire,
- acquired
Origin of acquest
1605–15; < obsolete French < Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum that which has been acquired, noun use of *acquaesitus (past participle of *acquaerere to acquire, alteration of Latin acquīrere to acquire)
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Examples from the Web for acquest
And in the pursuit and acquest of this knowledge he stuck neither at any labour or cost.
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