acquirement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acquirement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acquirement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acquirement n an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquirement \Acquire"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. [bd]Rules for the acquirement* of a taste.[b8] --Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. --Hayward. Syn: {Acquisition}, {Acquirement}. Usage: 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.