Acquiring is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ACQUIRING in dictionary:

VERB:
• ACQUIRE, to come into possession of
• buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself
• learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality)
• come to have (a particular reputation) as a result of one's behaviour or activities
NOUN:
• the act of acquiring something

Words related to ACQUIRING

acquire18 acquired20 acquires19

Words that contain ACQUIRING

reacquiring23

How to use ACQUIRING in a sentence

• That many of the private soldiers of my regiment succeeded in acquiring a great quantity of valuable plunder was fully demonstrated soon after our arrival in England.
• He had learned reverence for women, acquiring it gradually and almost unconsciously rather than from any direct teaching.
• Such had been his success, however, in acquiring the English language, that he was now able to speak it with remarkable fluency and correctness.
• And yet, though the word has not actually acquired this meaning, it was in process of acquiring it, and had already gone some way to acquire it.
• Durham was not long in acquiring a rudimentary education, and soon learned several modern languages, speaking English, French, and Spanish fluently.
• The third will make the work of forming the habit of obedience on the part of the mother, and of acquiring it on the part of the child, a source of the highest enjoyment to both.
• Whatever sin, O monarch, a king committeth in acquiring dominion, he consumeth it all afterwards by means of sacrifices distinguished by large gifts.
• He listened, and only spoke for the purpose of acquiring information.
• His early opportunities were not favorable for acquiring a profound knowledge of classical learning.
• That next after direct self-preservation comes the indirect self-preservation which consists in acquiring the means of living, none will question.
• Let us spend our pains, then, in acquiring Latin and Greek, and the tradition.
• Besides these accomplishments he was acquiring a wide knowledge of the world.
• He succeeded in acquiring and saving a small sum of money, and was able to borrow a little more.
• Therefore, the Jews should secure the possibility of acquiring real estate.
• Therefore the Jews should secure the possibility of acquiring real estate.
• And Charles found, that instead of acquiring friends by the honors and offices which he should bestow, he should only arm his enemies with more power to hurt him.
• Good behaviour and high moral character must come first, for unless the character be trained, acquiring knowledge will only prove injurious.
• He visited the Holy Land and studied with the prophets of Israel, acquiring principles of their philosophical teaching and a knowledge of their advanced arts and sciences.
• Acquiring facility in the production of verses, he was at length induced to venture on a publication.
• The middle classes and the peasants thought that the revolution was a good thing for acquiring lands and a bad one for retaining them.
• We must have the habit of observing every letter in every word, and this we are not likely to have unless we give special attention to acquiring it.
• He possessed a knowledge of the materials such as no one, probably for many generations, will take the trouble of acquiring again.
• That he passed much of his time in acquiring other than professional knowledge is more certain, though he rarely attempted composition.
• In either case our acquiring the thought depends upon our understanding the relations between words and word groups.
• Among the many Methods which might be made use of for the acquiring of this Virtue, I shall only mention the two following.
• The moral, mental, and physical average of such a body of men was a long way above that of professional armies, and insured readiness in acquiring their new calling.
• And it seemed to him that there was just a chance of acquiring that knowledge.
• Thy meaning would seem to be that Jews as well as Gentiles sin by acquiring consciousness of sin, but by faith in Jesus Christ we get peace with God and access unto his grace.
• He returns to Rome and passes right up to the consulship, acquiring particular ability in connection with the Treasury.
• So long as he lives, he prevents you from enjoying the means of acquiring pleasure.
• Isaac possessed a wonderful faculty of acquiring knowledge by the simplest means.
• This would allow him plenty of time for deliberate study, and for acquiring capital by his trade to help his aftercourse of keeping the necessary terms at a theological college.
• Other European nations also are acquiring a foothold in the archipelago.
• Knowledge of all sorts he was acquiring, but, like Adam, of the fruit of the tree he had not tasted.

Similar words containing ACQUIR without suffix ing

acquire18 acquiral19 acquired20 acquiree19 acquirer19 acquires19 acquirals20 acquirees20 acquirers20 reacquire20 acquirable23 reacquired22 reacquires21 acquirement24 reacquiring23 acquirements25 acquirability29 acquirabilities28

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