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Definition of "acquires" []

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire. (verb)

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Use "acquires" in a sentence
  • "Hence, in speaking of a fast color, it becomes necessary to refer specially to the particular influences which it resists before the term acquires a definite meaning."
  • "Through the opposition of the Hebrew prophets, the term acquires distasteful associations that were originally foreign to it."
  • "The title acquires a double meaning, as the two save the mall where Green Lantern is shopping from the destructive schemes of a deeply troubled teenager."