Both Uses
acquire
in
The Graveyard Book
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- Still, I do not doubt that you will acquire even those, in time.†
p. 37.9 *
- Abanazer Bolger traded over the counter, buying and selling, and he did a better trade behind the counter and in the back room, accepting objects that may not have been acquired entirely honestly, and then quietly shifting them on.†
p. 120.4acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
Definitions:
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(1)
(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)