acquest

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English aqueste (later conflating with enqueste), from Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum, ultimately from Latin quaerere (“seek”). Doublet of acquis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkwɛst/ === Noun === acquest (countable and uncountable, plural acquests) (rare) Acquisition; the thing gained. (law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. ==== Usage notes ==== Bouvier, 1856, [1] from which the Webster derives, uses the spelling acquets. === References === “acquest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French acquest. === Noun === acquest m (plural acquests) acquisition ==== Descendants ==== French: acquêt