Acquirement \Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n.
The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
"Rules for the acquirement of a taste." --Addison.
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His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and
enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
--Hayward.
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Syn: Acquisition, Acquirement.
Usage: 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acquirement
n : an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill,
accomplishment, acquisition, attainment]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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