Both Uses
acquire
in
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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- Eddie and Morton ... fired the nozzles of their newly acquired flamethrowers and watched the huts ignite.
p. 80.8 *acquired = obtained (came into the possession of)
- Risk taker that he was, Emile had acquired only minimal insurance on the pier.†
p. 122.1acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
Definitions:
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(1)
(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)