n. [ Sp. ] A canal or trench for irrigating land. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Acquiesced p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiescing [ L. acquiescere; ad + quiescere to be quiet, fr. quies rest: cf. F. acquiescer. See Quiet. ] 1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. acquiescence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acquiescens, -centis; p. pr. ] Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acquiescent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit. ] To quiet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [ R. ] Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being acquired. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acquired p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiring ] [ L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. aquerre. See Quest.. ] To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See Obtain. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 (Biol.) gotten through environmental forces. Contrasted with inherited. acquired characteristics cannot be passed on noninheritable (vs. inheritable), nonheritable
Syn. -- nurtural [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. “Rules for the acquirement of a taste.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acquisition, Acquirement. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who acquires. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Acquirement. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acquisitus, p. p. of acquirere. See Acquire. ] Acquired. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire. ] 1. The act or process of acquiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: (Business, Finance) The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.
Syn. -- buyout, takeover. [ PJC ]

3. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Acquirement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Acquired. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the way of acquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acquires. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Acquest. ] Acquisition; gain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Acquitted; set free; rid of. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting. ] [ OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; &unr_; (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet. ] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. [ 1913 Webster ]

A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pay for; to atone for. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self. Shak. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. aquitement. ] Acquittal. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. aquitance, fr. aquiter. See Acquit. ] 1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

You can produce acquittances
For such a sum, from special officers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To acquit. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acquits or releases. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prop. n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100, 000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n. An Algonquian Indian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Equiv. to arquifoux, F. alquifoux, Sp. alquifól, fr. the same Arabic word as alcohol. See Alcohol. ] A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anthracene + quinone. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contradicter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [ R. ] Pinkerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An admirer of antiquity. [ Used by Milton in a disparaging sense. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antiquities [ L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquité. See Antique. ] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Old age. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The ancients; the people of ancient times. [ 1913 Webster ]

That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has &unr_;vowed. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An old gentleman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [ In this sense, usually in the plural. ] “Heathen antiquities.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ad- + propinquity. ] Nearness; propinquity. [ R. ] J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.; as, the Oglala aquifer. The water contained in an aquifer may be of great age, and in such cases is sometimes called
fossil water. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. aqua water + -ferous. ] Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of widely distributed shrubs and trees.
Syn. -- family Aquifoliaceae, holly family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aqua water + -form. ] Having the form of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aquilæ [ L., an eagle. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of eagles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aquila alba [ L., white eagle ], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Adorned with eagles' heads. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.
Syn. -- columbine, aquilegia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.
Syn. -- columbine, aquilege [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ] 1. Belonging to or like an eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose [ 1913 Webster ]

Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aquilo, -lonis: cf. F. aquilon. ] The north wind. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aqua water + parere to bring forth. ] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony. [ 1913 Webster ]