acquired (verb)

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• Acquired — Acquire Ac*quire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquiring}.] [L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. aquerre. See {Quest}..] To gain, usually by one s own… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Modal verb — A modal verb (also modal, modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary) is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality that is, likelihood, ability, permission, and obligation.[1]:p.33 The use of auxiliary verbs to express modality is… …   Wikipedia

• Proto-Indo-European verb — The verbal system of the Proto Indo European language was a complex system that utilized multiple grammatical moods, voices, with words being conjugated according to number, and tense. The complex system of adding affixes to the base of a word… …   Wikipedia

• graft — I. /graft / (say grahft) noun 1. Horticulture a. a shoot or part of a plant (the scion) inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in another plant or tree (the stock) so as to become nourished by and united with it. b. the plant or tree (the united …  

• fill in — verb Date: 1840 transitive verb 1. to enrich (as a design) with detail 2. to give necessary or recently acquired information to < I ll fill you in > intransitive verb to fill a vacancy usually temporarily < interns filled in for regular staffers… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• refer — verb PHRASAL VERB refer to sb/sth ADVERB ▪ briefly, in passing ▪ He referred to the report in passing. ▪ specifically ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• fall off a truck — verb Of an item of merchandise, to come into a persons possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally. He said he bought it at the markets but I think it fell off a truck. Syn: FOT …   Wiktionary

• fall off the back of a lorry — verb Of an item of merchandise, to come into a peronss possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally …   Wiktionary

• deskill — verb a) To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology. The impact on workers is fairly obvious but I believe that managerial jobs have also been deskilled by the… …   Wiktionary

• redeconvolve — verb To deconvolve again or back. We resampled our laboratory rock spectra to the 10 cm sampling of the TES and redeconvolved them to ascertain whether or not adequate results for rock classification could still be obtained with data acquired at… …   Wiktionary

• acquire — verb /əˈkwaɪɚ/ a) To get. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. mdash; b) To gain, usually by ones own exertions; to get as ones own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. Descent is the title… …   Wiktionary