to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own

to acquire property.

to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts

to acquire learning.

Linguistics . to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).

Military . to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

adjective

forfeited , deprived , lost

adjective

reached , attained , gained , won , accomplished , learned , earned , collected , gathered , secured , obtained , captured , seized , realized , given , accrued , granted , endowed , transmitted , inherited , handed down , bequeathed , passed on