acquiring

Variant of acquire

transitive verb acquired, acquiring

  1. to get or gain by one's own efforts or actions: to acquire an education
  2. to come to have as one's own; get possession of: to acquire certain traits

Origin: L acquirere < ad-, to + quaerere, to seek

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