Acquire, to gain; either by exertion: Alls IV, 3, 80. Troil. II, 3, 201. Hml. III, 2, 8. Ant. III, 1, 15. IV, 15, 28. Or without it: “pomp, the which to leave more bitter than 'tis sweet at first to a.” H8 II, 3, 9.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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