ac·quire
vt, ac*quired ac*quir*ing : to come to have as a new or additional characteristic, trait, or ability (as by sustained effort, by mutation, or through environmental forces) <a cognitive system … that is acquired in early childhood -Noam Chomsky> <bacteria that tolerance to antibiotics> <insects that resistance to DDT> .
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