Acquiry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    acquirement obsolete

    "ca.1670,No art requireth more hard study and pain toward the acquiry of it than contentment. Isaac Barrow, Sermons, III, 62."

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"ca.1670,No art requireth more hard study and pain toward the acquiry of it than contentment. Isaac Barrow, Sermons, III, 62."

Etymology

From acquire + -y.

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