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adquīrō (acqu-) quīsīvī, quīsītus, ere

ad + quaero, to get in addition, obtain besides, accumulate: nihil: novos amicos, S.: armis opes, L.: pauca (verba), i. e. add (to the language), H.: de possessione detrahere, adquirere ad fidem, add to your credit: adquirendi votum, lust for gain, Iu.: virīs eundo, gather force, V. — Poet., to obtain, gain, win: sibi famam, Ph.: vires bello amicas, for war, O.

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