Both Uses of
acquisition
in
Great Expectations
- Be that as it may, he had directed Mrs. Pocket to be brought up from her cradle as one who in the nature of things must marry a title, and who was to be guarded from the acquisition of plebeian domestic knowledge.
Chpt 23acquisition = obtaining; or possession
- He advised my attending certain places in London, for the acquisition of such mere rudiments as I wanted, and my investing him with the functions of explainer and director of all my studies.
Chpt 24 *acquisition = getting or obtaining
Definition:
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(acquisition) obtaining possession of something; or the thing possessed