Both Uses
acquire
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It Happened to Nancy
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- I didn't even understand what AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) meant before.†
p. 129.9acquired = obtained (came into possession of)
- Okay, "Acquired" means it's a disease that you can be infected with—that you get!†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)