2. (Law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Bouvier.
Ac`qui*esce" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acquiesced (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiescing (&?;)] [L. acquiescere; ad + quiescere to be quiet, fr. quies rest: cf. F. acquiescer. See Quiet.] 1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.
They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.
De Quincey.
2. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
Syn. -- To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.
Ac`qui*es"cence (&?;), n. [Cf. F. acquiescence.] 1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. Wharton.
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Ac`qui*es"cen*cy (&?;), n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
Ac`qui*es"cent (&?;), a. [L. acquiescens, -centis; p. pr.] Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
Ac`qui*es"cent*ly, adv. In an acquiescent manner.
Ac*qui"et (&?;), v. t. [LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit.] To quiet. [Obs.]
Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace.
Sir A. Sherley.
Ac*quir"a*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.
Ac*quir"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being acquired.
Ac*quire" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquired (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiring (&?;).] [L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. 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.
Barrow.
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.
Blackstone.
Syn. -- To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See Obtain.
Ac*quire"ment (-ment), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison.
His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
Hayward.
Syn. -- Acquisition, Acquirement. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
Ac*quir"er (&?;), n. A person who acquires.
Ac*quir"y (&?;), n. Acquirement. [Obs.] Barrow.
Ac"qui*site (&?;), a. [L. acquisitus, p. p. of acquirere. See Acquire.] Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.
Ac`qui*si"tion (&?;), n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.] 1. The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province.
Macaulay.
2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Syn. -- See Acquirement.