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acquirement|əˈkwaɪəmənt|
[f. acquire v. + -ment. Cf. 16th c. Fr. acquerement, OFr. aquerrement, f. aquerre to acquire.]
1. The action of acquiring (usually of personal enhancements).
1712Addison Spectator No. 409 ⁋7 It is very difficult to lay down Rules for the Acquirement of such a Taste. 1818M. W. Shelley Frankenstein iii. 59 (1865) Learn..how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt II. xviii. 51 That wisdom of the serpent which..is only of hard acquirement to dove-like innocence.
2. That which is acquired; the result of acquiring for oneself; gain, or attainment. Usually a personal attainment of body or mind, as distinct from an acquisition or material and external gain, and opposed to a natural gift or talent.
1630J. Hayward Edw. VI (J.) These his acquirements, by industry, were exceedingly both enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 18 We embrace the shadow thereof [of truth], or so much as may palliate its just and substantiall acquirements. 1704Swift T. of Tub (1709) 77 Every Branch of Knowledge has received wonderful Acquirements since his age. 1802M. Edgeworth Mor. Tales I. 206 (1866) A woman of considerable information and literature; acquirements not common amongst..ladies. 1862Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. xv. 218 His capacity was far from mean, and his acquirements were very considerable.
b. collectively.
1868M. Pattison Academ. Organ. §4. 95 The competition is not an examination in acquirement, but turns mainly on the performance of exercises. 1878Seeley Stein I. 149 A man of greater ability and acquirement than Stein. |