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  1. acquestnoun

    acquisition; the thing gained. -- Francis Bacon.

  2. acquestnoun

    property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. -- John Bouvier.

  3. Etymology: aquest, French acquêt, from acquestum, acquisitum, for Latin acquisitum, past participle (used substantively) of acquirere. See “acquire”

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Acquestnoun

    Attachment, acquisition; the thing gained.

    Etymology: acquest, Fr. from acquerir,

    New acquests are more burden than strength. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.

    Mud, reposed near the ostia of those rivers, makes continual additions to the land, thereby excluding the sea, and preserving these shells as trophies and signs of its new acquests and encroachments. John Woodward, Nat. Hist. p. i.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Acquestnoun

    acquisition; the thing gained

  2. Acquestnoun

    property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance

  3. Etymology: [OF. aquest, F. acqut, fr. LL. acquestum, acquistum, for L. acquistum, p. p. (used substantively) of acquirere to acquire. See Acquire.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Acquest

    ak-kwest′, n. an acquisition or thing acquired. [O. Fr.—L. acquisitus, acquirĕre. See Acquire.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of acquest in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of acquest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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