acquire
verb (used with object)
to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.
well-acquired
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a word derived from
acquire.
Example Sentences
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Strasburg, as well as all Alsace, has a well-acquired fame for preparing the cabbages.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
What first strikes me in Mr. Burroughs's work, even above its well-acquired style, is the unqualified weight of conscience it exhibits.
From Rambles with John Burroughs by Robert John de Loach
Still a few rushed on, resolved rather to die than forfeit their well-acquired and dearly-estimated honour.
From Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by W. E. (William Edmondstoune) Aytoun
