Both Uses of
acquire
in
Childhood's End
- George wondered whether to commiserate with Jan for his newly acquired relative.†
Chpt 7 *
- And when the "programme" was over, he would have acquired a memory as vivid as any experience in his actual life-indeed, indistinguishable from reality itself.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)