acquest

Borrowed from Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *acquestum, *acquaesītum, for Latin acquisītum, past participle (used substantively) of acquirere (“to acquire”). See acquire.

acquest (countable and uncountable, plural acquests)

1. (rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.

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2. (law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.

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Bouvier, 1856, from which the Webster derives, uses the spelling acquets.

• acquest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

From Old French acquest.

acquest m (plural acquests)

1. acquisition

• French: acquêt