ACQUIREMENTS

Noun

acquirements

plural of acquirement

Source: Wiktionary


ACQUIREMENT

Ac*quire"ment, n.

Definition: The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Syn.

– Acquisition, Acquirement. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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