All 3 Uses of
acquire
in
Pride and Prejudice
- They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.†
Chpt 4 *
- "I am the less surprised at what has happened," replied Sir William, "from that knowledge of what the manners of the great really are, which my situation in life has allowed me to acquire.†
Chpt 29
- I often tell young ladies that no excellence in music is to be acquired without constant practice.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)