Acquirement

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acquirement \Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n.
     The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
     "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and


           enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
                                                    --Hayward.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: {Acquisition}, {Acquirement}.
  
     Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or
            talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and
            painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or
            endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal
            attainments, in opposition to material or external
            things gained, which are more usually called
            acquisitions; but this distinction is not always
            observed.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acquirement
       n : an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
            {accomplishment}, {acquisition}, {attainment}]