All 9 Uses of
acquire
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- The bulk of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is concerned with how this a priori knowledge is acquired and how it is employed.†
Part 2 *acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- However, he'd been exposed to a lot and had acquired a kind of latent image that appeared in conjunction with many other latent images later on.†
Part 2
- Many of the students with A records in previous quarters were contemptuous and angry at first, but because of their acquired self-discipline went ahead and did the work anyway.†
Part 3
- Neat, squared, upright lines acquire a random sag.†
Part 3
- They've just acquired bad associations.†
Part 3acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- In traditional maintenance gumption is considered something you're born with or have acquired as a result of good upbringing.†
Part 3
- From the lack of information about how one acquires this gumption one might assume that a person without any gumption is a hopeless case.†
Part 3acquires = obtains (comes into possession of)
- In the process of taking stuff out of the saddlebags and cramming it back ever since Bozeman, and doing the same with the backpacks, we've acquired some exceptionally beat-up gear.†
Part 4acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- One can acquire some peace of mind from just watching that horizon.†
Part 4
Definition:
obtain (come into the possession of something)