acquist
English
editNoun
editacquist (plural acquists)
- (obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:
- His servants he with new acquist
Of true experience from this great event
With peace and consolation hath dismist.
Verb
editacquist (third-person singular simple present acquists, present participle acquisting, simple past and past participle acquisted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
References
edit- “acquist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.