Acquired Definition

ə-kwīrd
adjective
Gained by one's own efforts.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a disease, condition, or characteristic that is not congenital but develops after birth.
American Heritage
Relating to a disease, condition, or characteristic that is not congenital but develops after birth.
American Heritage Medicine
Resulting from exposure to something, such as an antigen or antibiotic.
American Heritage Medicine

(medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital.

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of acquire.

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Acquired Sentence Examples

  • He seems then or later to have acquired some tincture of learning.

  • Would it be so terrible if she never acquired a fortune?

  • Helen acquired language by practice and habit rather than by study of rules and definitions.

  • It has not acquired one permanent wrinkle after all its ripples.

  • When the custom of commendation developed, the king charged the mayor of the palace to protect those who had commended themselves to him and to 1 The mayors of certain cities in the United Kingdom (London, York, Dublin) have acquired by prescription the prefix of "lord."

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