All 5 Uses of
acquire
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- Most places that have lost the smell of earth but not yet acquired the smell of patchouli—or of factory-smoke—are just as suspicious and righteous.†
Chpt 13acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- But her real acquiring of merit was in calling upon that Mrs. Bogart whose gossipy good opinion was so valuable to a doctor.†
Chpt 15 *acquiring = obtaining (coming into possession of)
- But Juanita also acquired merit.†
Chpt 20acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- Though a Gopher Prairie regards itself as a part of the Great World, compares itself to Rome and Vienna, it will not acquire the scientific spirit, the international mind, which would make it great.†
Chpt 22
- She was, perhaps, rather proud of herself for having acquired so much tolerance.†
Chpt 38acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
Definition:
obtain (come into the possession of something)