By representing himself as a single man he acquired complete influence over her, and he gave her to understand that in the event of her obtaining a divorce from her husband he would marry her.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— gained by or as a result of effort or experience
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— to get something, for example by buying it or being given it
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Other Word Forms
acquire
acquires
acquiring
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1 uses of ‘acquired’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle