Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acquirement"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Acquirement \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}.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

acquirement
n : an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
{accomplishment}, {acquisition}, {attainment}]


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