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Look up: Acquire

  1. Acquire
    The opening up and importing of files into a given software application. The term is applied differently with in different types of software. With imaging software it is most often done through a twain interface or plug-in mini-application.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%

  2. Acquire
    Ac·quire' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Acquired ; present participle & verbal noun Acquiring ] [ Latin acquirere , acquisitum ; ad + quarere to seek for. In Middle English was a verb aqueren , from the same, through Old French aquerre . See Quest ..] To gain, usually ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/21

  3. acquire
    verb locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. acquire
    verb win something through one`s efforts; `I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese`; `Gain an understanding of international finance`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Acquire
    `Acquire` is a board game designed by Sid Sackson. The game was originally published in 1962 by 3M as a part of their bookshelf games series. In the most versions, the theme of the game was investing in hotel chains. In the most recent edition, published by Hasbro, the hotel chains are replaced by generic corporations, though the actual gameplay is unchanged.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquire

  6. Acquire
    • (v. t.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. acquire
    acquire 1. To get or obtain possession of something. 2. To learn or develop something.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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