(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.

simple past tense and past participle of acquire

plural of acquirement

plural of acquirer

present participle and gerund of acquire

(transitive) To get. / (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own / (medicine) To contract. / (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. / The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.

One who acquires. / A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire

(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.