All 11 Uses
acquire
in
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
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- In that way, the name acquired a quasi-official status.
Chpt 1 *acquired = obtaining (coming into possession of)
- Macon Dead never knew how it came about—how his only son acquired the nickname that stuck in spite of his own refusal to use it or acknowledge it.†
Chpt 1acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- It bothered him and he acquired movements and habits to disguise what to him was a burning defect.†
Chpt 3
- "I'm waiting for you," he said, trying to regain (or acquire) some masculine flippancy.†
Chpt 4
- That plus her alien's compassion for troubled people ripened her and—the consequence of the knowledge she had made up or acquired—kept her just barely within the boundaries of the elaborately socialized world of black people.†
Chpt 5acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- She gave up, apparently, all interest in table manners or hygiene, but acquired a deep concern for and about human relationships.†
Chpt 5
- That was the word she chose, and since it was straight out of the nineteenth century, her mother approved, relishing the blank stares she received when she told her lady guests what position her daughter had acquired with the State Poet Laureate.†
Chpt 9
- They wanted their wives to like the climbing, the acquiring, and the work it took to maintain status once it was achieved.†
Chpt 9acquiring = obtaining (coming into possession of)
- An old man now, who acquired things and used people to acquire more things.†
Chpt 12acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- An old man now, who acquired things and used people to acquire more things.†
Chpt 12
- Owning, building, acquiring—that was his life, his future, his present, and all the history he knew.†
Chpt 12acquiring = obtaining (coming into possession of)
Definitions:
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(1)
(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)