单词 | acquiry |
释义 | acquiryn. Now somewhat rare. The action or process of acquiring something; acquisition. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] purchasec1325 gettingc1384 acquisitionc1400 accroaching?a1439 acquesta1456 encheving1470 obtaining1470 acquiring1531 procuring1532 obtainment1536 acquiry1549 conquest1556 acquist1613 assecution1615 obtention1624 acquirement1641 obtainal1803 obtainance1846 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Iiijv How muche lesse costeth the acquirey of this felicitee. 1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy v. 35 This Title got the favour of a great party, and was a maine Meane facilitating his acquirie [of England]. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 43 No art indeed requireth more hard study and pain toward the acquiry of it. 1864 River Plate Mag. 1 Jan. 40 A task equal in difficulty to the acquiry of five or six modern languages. 1898 Calcutta Rev. Oct. 343 If science is truth acquired in the past, it is equally the acquiry of truth in the future. 1918 Ann. Bot. 32 257 U. grandiflora may possibly be a cell-giant of U. perfoliata which has since undergone two or three mutations, such as..acquiry of pubescence instead of glaucousness. 1995 E. Brantlinger Sterilization of People with Mental Disabilities i. iv. 58 Prenatal acquiry of HIV is a major infectious cause of intellectual impairment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1549 |
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