Acquire
Acquire ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In Old English was a verb aqueren, from the same, through Old French aquerre. See Quest..]
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step.
Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.