Both Uses of
acquire
in
Light in August
- It was as though in the moonlight the house had acquired personality: threatful, deceptive.†
Chpt 8 *acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- From that face squinted and still behind the curling smoke from the cigarette which was not touched once with hand until it burned down and was spat out and ground beneath a heel, Joe was to acquire one of his own mannerisms.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
obtain (come into the possession of something)