Both Uses
acquire
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Winesburg, Ohio - by Sherwood Anderson
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- The beginning of the most materialistic age in the history of the world, when wars would be fought without patriotism, when men would forget God and only pay attention to moral standards, when the will to power would replace the will to serve and beauty would be well-nigh forgotten in the terrible headlong rush of mankind toward the acquiring of possessions, was telling its story to Jesse the man of God as it was to the men about him.†
Chpt 7acquiring = obtaining (coming into possession of)
- When after two years of that life I found she had managed to acquire three other lovers who came regularly to our house when I was away at work, I didn't want to touch them or her.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)