different between acquire vs packrat

English

Etymology

From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquir?; ad- + quaer? (“to seek for”). See quest.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??kwa???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kwa??/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Hyphenation: ac?quire

Verb

acquire (third-person singular simple present acquires, present participle acquiring, simple past and past participle acquired)

1. (transitive) To get.
2. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Consideration of our Latter End (sermon)

     No virtue is acquired in an instant, but by degrees, step by step.

   • Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.
3. (medicine) To contract.
4. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

Synonyms

• (get, gain): attain, come by, earn, gain, obtain, procure, secure, win

Antonyms

• (get, gain): abandon, lose

Derived terms

• acquired taste

Related terms

• acquisition
• acquirement
• acquisitive
• acquisitory

See also

• obtain
• reach

Translations

Latin

Verb

acqu?re

1. second-person singular present active imperative of acqu?r?

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• pack rat, pack-rat

Etymology

pack +? rat

Pronunciation

Noun

packrat (plural packrats)

1. Any of several species of rodent in the genus Neotoma, most commonly the bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea), that gather vegetation and other materials into shelters (middens).
2. One who tends to acquire various objects; one who collects, accumulates or has trouble throwing things away; a hoarder.

Translations

Verb

packrat (third-person singular simple present packrats, present participle packratting, simple past and past participle packratted)

1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To hoard things.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:amass

Anagrams

• Rat Pack, rat pack