Both Uses of
acquire
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Short Story
- 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)
Definition:
obtain (come into the possession of something)