acquist

acquist (plural acquists)

1. (obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:

     His servants he with new acquist
     Of true experience from this great event
     With peace and consolation hath dismist.

acquist (third-person singular simple present acquists, present participle acquisting, simple past and past participle acquisted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To acquire.

• “acquist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• acquits