Synonyms for reacquire


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-kwahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkwaɪər

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Définition of reacquire

Origin :
  • mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure," from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition). Reborrowed in current form from Latin c.1600. Related: Acquired; acquiring.
  • As in recover : verb find again
  • As in regain : verb get back, get back to
  • As in repossess : verb take back
  • As in retrieve : verb get back
Example sentences :
  • In order to reacquire their lost habit of proper listening, they must exercise voluntary attention and develop interest.
  • Extract from : « Memory » by William Walker Atkinson
  • The young, as we have just seen, reacquire their longitudinal stripes, and the boars invariably reassume their tusks.
  • Extract from : « The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. » by Charles Darwin

Antonyms for reacquire

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