reaˈcquire, v.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. réacquérir (15th c. in Littré).]
trans. To acquire anew.
| a 1691 Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 225, I perceived one of them..that had almost quite lost its colour, to have re⁓acquired a very fair blew. a 1711 Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 361 Their penitential Tears..Had strove lost Heav'n and Love to re-acquire. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 291 The established interests..would, after the first novelty of an independant choice, shortly reacquire their natural ascendancy. 1884 Sir J. Pearson in Law Times Rep. L. 712/2 By losing an English domicil, he re-acquired a Scotch domicil, his domicil of origin. |
Hence reaˈcquired ppl. a. Also † reaˈcquist v. Obs. rare—1.
| 1635 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 166, I will endeavour to re-acquist you the kingdome or dye in the attempt. 1839 James Louis XIV, II. 299 To ensure durability to the reacquired power of the queen. 1880 C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 524 This regeneration of the tips and reacquired sensitiveness. |