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What is the verb for acquisition?

What's the verb for acquisition? Here's the word you're looking for.

acquire
  1. (transitive) To get.
  2. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
  3. (medicine) To contract.
  4. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “He was able to acquire a respectable fortune through entrepreneurship and prudent investment.”
      “Brad would acquire the ability to do one-handed push-ups through regular training.”
      “Analysts say he may eventually need to acquire a Wall Street firm to beef up investment banking.”
acquired
acquist
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquires
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Instead, tax will become payable automatically 30 days after the date that the purchaser acquires the property or land.”
      “An infant is raised by one or two parents and acquires an attachment, usually a strong one, to these people.”
      “The embryo enters a quiescent stage, accumulates storage compounds and acquires desiccation tolerance.”
acquireth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acquirest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of acquire
acquiring
  1. present participle of acquire
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Getting suppliers to invoice you electronically will also cut down on the paper blizzard and reduce the cost of acquiring information.”
      “Indian companies have been acquiring assets of foreign telecom companies that had been in distress.”
      “She also qualified as a professional sailor, eventually acquiring the rank of captain.”
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