Both Uses
acquire
in
The Miracle Worker
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- KELLER acquires the suitcase, and ANNIE gets her hands on it too, though still endeavoring to live up to the general air of propertied manners.†
p. 26.5 *acquires = obtains (comes into possession of)
- She fingers it until she perceives what it is; then she wraps it around her and acquiring ANNIE'S bonnet and smoked glasses as well, dons the lot: the shawl swamps her and the bonnet settles down upon the glasses, but she stands before a mirror cocking her head to one side, then to the other, in a mockery of adult action.†
p. 29.1acquiring = 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)