acquirement

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As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the minor achievements of John Ringling is the acquirement of three Western railroads.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is generally an adopted opinion," he noted disdainfully, "that genius for the fine arts is a particular gift and not an acquirement."

From Time Magazine Archive

Pablito looked carefully all round, and then gave a long, low whistle with the skill which distinguished him in this acquirement.

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

In former times, men who devoted themselves to the active pursuit of letters, brought to the task not only high talent, but deep and measured thought, and an accumulated fund of acquirement.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various