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Acquired
Answer for the clue "Acquired ", 4 letters:
made
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a match/marriage made in heaven (= a happy and successful marriage ) advances made ▪ the advances made in the understanding of mental handicap be made of/from cotton ▪ The fabric is made of cotton or wool. be made/become ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Middle English maked , from Old English macod "made," past participle of macian "to make" (see make ). Made up "invented" is from 1789; of minds, "settled, decided," from 1873. To be a made man is in Marlowe's "Faust" (1590). To have it ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand ] the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle , shuffling ] [also: made ]
Usage examples of made.
The Empress might have enough support among the nobles to keep a precarious hold on her throne, but she had made no overtures to the common folk, and they were solidly opposed to the idea of an Aberrant ruler.
An Aberrant whose Aberration made her better than those who despised her.
It is another key discovery that the old seers made, but in their aberration they relegated it to oblivion until it was rescued by the new seers.
But the fateful decisions secretly made, the intrigues, the treachery, the motives and the aberrations which led up to them, the parts played by the principal actors behind the scenes, the extent of the terror they exercised and their technique of organizing it - all this and much more remained largely hidden from us until the secret German papers turned up.
These observations arose out of a motion made by Lord Bathurst, who had been roughly handled by the mob on Friday, for an address praying that his majesty would give immediate orders for prosecuting, in the most effectual manner, the authors, abettors, and instruments of the outrages committed both in the vicinity of the houses of parliament and upon the houses and chapels of the foreign ministers.
I made for thee, and one also for me, while I was abiding thee after the battle, and my love and my hope is woven into it.
And the thought of Abie Singleton taking chances at the Adonis Club made his blood run cold.
At the same time, the desperation I heard in some voices made me wonder if Natch had been right to question our ability to make changes.
Now that the words were out and there was no abjuration possible, she felt as if her bones were made of sand.
Notary take care to set it down that the said abjuration was made by one gravely suspected of heresy, so that if she should be proved to have relapsed, she should then be judged accordingly and delivered up to the secular Court.
But it must be understood that this refers to one who had made her abjuration as one manifestly taken in heresy, or as one strongly suspected of heresy, and not to one who has so done as being under only a light suspicion.
There were several women delegates and Ken made the most of their ablutions until he was distracted by the appearance of Karanja in a neat grey suit, an ingratiating grin on his face and his big ears standing out like sails.
He had given the name of Stanley Adams, and had had such a queerly thick droning voice, that it made the clerk abnormally dizzy and sleepy to listen to him.
He watched as the first shark made a pass at Abo, who moved out of its way like a bullfighter.
That would require leaving sufficient men aboard to subdue the prisoners, which in turn made any future action more hazardous.