Ac·quiÏes¶cenÏcy (#), n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. Ac· quiÏes¶cent (#), a. [L. acquiescens, Ï?entis; p. pr.] Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. Ac·quiÏes¶centÏly, adv. In an acquiescent manner. AcÏqui¶et (#), v. t. [LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit.] To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley. AcÏquir¶aÏbil¶iÏty (#), n. The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley. AcÏquir¶aÏble (#), a. Capable of being acquired. AcÏquire¶ (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquired (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiring (#).] [L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. aquerre. See Quest..] 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. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow. Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone. Syn. Ð To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See Obtain. AcÏquire¶ment (#), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. ½Rules for the acquirement of a taste.¸ Addison. His acquirements by industry were... enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward. Syn. Ð Acquisition, Acquirement. 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. AcÏquir¶er (#), n. A person who acquires. AcÏquir¶y (#), n. Acquirement. [Obs.] Barrow. Ac¶quiÏsite (#), a. [L. acquisitus, p. p. of acquirere. See Acquire.] Acquired. [Obs.] Burton. Ac·quiÏsi¶tion (#), n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.] 1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. Ð See Acquirement. AcÏquis¶iÏtive (#), a. 1. Acquired. [Obs.] He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton. 2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition. AcÏquis¶iÏtiveÏly, adv. In the way of acquisition. AcÏquis¶iÏtiveÏness, n. 1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. 2. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe. AcÏquis¶iÏtor (#), n. One who acquires. AcÏquist¶ (#), n. [Cf. Acquest.] Acquisition; gain. Milton. AcÏquit¶ (#), p. p. Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] Shak. AcÏquit¶, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. I. Taylor. 2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] Shak. 3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; Ð now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. 4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self.k. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly. Syn. Ð To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve. AcÏquit¶ment (#), n. [Cf. OF. aquitement.] Acquittal. [Obs.] Milton. AcÏquit¶tal (#), n. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. 2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier. AcÏquit¶tance (#), n. [OF. aquitance, fr. aquiter. See Acquit.] 1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. 2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. Shak. AcÏquit¶tance, v. t. To acquit. [Obs.] Shak. AcÏquit¶ter (#), n. One who acquits or releases. Ø AÏcra¶niÏa (#), n. [NL., from Gr. ? priv. + ? skull.] 1. (Physiol.) Partial or total absence of the skull. 2. pl. (Zo”l.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.