verb/a.ke.ʁiʁ/
to acquire, to obtain; to purchase; to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
“Il s'est acquis quantité d'amis.” — He made many friends.
Synonyms: obtenir, acheter
Inherited from Middle French acquerir, from Old French acquerir, aquerre, from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere. Compare also quérir, conquérir.