All 4 Uses of
acquisition
in
Bleak House
- That she will faithfully apply herself to the acquisition of those accomplishments, upon the exercise of which she will be ultimately dependent.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- "Why, Mr. Carstone," said Mrs. Badger, "is very well and is, I assure you, a great acquisition to our society.†
Chpt 16-18
- It was his naval way of mentioning generally that I was an acquisition to any society.†
Chpt 16-18
- His calling is the acquisition of secrets and the holding possession of such power as they give him, with no sharer or opponent in it.†
Chpt 34-36
Definition:
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(acquisition) obtaining possession of something; or the thing possessed