All 5 Uses of
acquire
in
Lonesome Dove
- That didn't mean she was in the habit of thinking about herself as a sporting woman, but it was precisely that habit that Tinkersley expected her to acquire.†
Chpt 3-4 *
- They had been in Lonesome Dove nearly ten years, and yet what little property they had acquired was so worthless that neither of them would have felt bad about just saddling up and riding off from it.†
Chpt 7-8acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- Over the years she had acquired a good eye for horses, and also for horsemen.†
Chpt 87-88
- No one but the Captain had ridden the mare since the Hat Creek outfit had acquired her.†
Chpt 99-100
- She had acquired some small shrubs somehow and was out planting them, bareheaded and in overshoes, when he arrived.†
Chpt 101-102
Definition:
obtain (come into the possession of something)