Both Uses of
acquire
in
Animal Farm
- I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired.
p. 6..7 *acquired = obtained (come into possession of)
- No one stirred in the farmhouse before noon on the following day, and the word went round that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky.
p. 126..9acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
Definition:
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(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)