ACQUI'RED, participle passive Gained, obtained, or received from art, labor, or other means, in distinction from those things which are bestowed by nature. Thus we say, abilities, natural and acquired It implies title, or some permanence of possession.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.