acquire
acquire (ə-kwīrʹ) verb, transitive
acquired, acquiring, acquires
1. To gain possession of: acquire 100 shares of stock.
2. To get by one's own efforts: acquire proficiency in math.
3. Aerospace. To locate (a satellite, for example) with a detector, especially radar.
[Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrere, to add to : ad-, ad- + quaerere, to seek, get.]
acquirʹable adjective
acquirʹer noun