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单词 acquest
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Definition of acquest in English:

acquest

noun əˈkwɛst
  • Law. Property or assets acquired otherwise than by inheritance.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman and Middle French aquest, Middle French acquest (French acquêt) thing that has been acquired, action or act of acquiring, gain, profit from an unattested post-classical Latin noun *acquaesitum, use as noun of neuter past participle of an unattested verb *acquaerere, variant (after classical Latin quaerere) of classical Latin acquīrere. Compare post-classical Latin acquestus (u-stem), acquesta.

 
 

Definition of acquest in US English:

acquest

nounəˈkwɛst
  • Law. Property or assets acquired otherwise than by inheritance.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman and Middle French aquest, Middle French acquest (French acquêt) thing that has been acquired, action or act of acquiring, gain, profit from an unattested post-classical Latin noun *acquaesitum, use as noun of neuter past participle of an unattested verb *acquaerere, variant (after classical Latin quaerere) of classical Latin acquīrere. Compare post-classical Latin acquestus ( u- stem), acquesta.

 
 
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