Both Uses
acquire
in
Flowers for Algernon — Short Story
(Edited)
- What's wrong with a man becoming intelligent and wanting to acquire knowledge and understanding of the world around him?
p. 13.1 *acquire = come into possession of
- Here is the place for the application of all the knowledge I have acquired.
p. 17.1acquired = obtained (come into possession of)
Definitions:
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(1)
(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)