"acquest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈkwɛst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acquest.wav [Southern-England] Forms: acquests [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English aqueste (later conflating with enqueste), from Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum, ultimately from Latin quaerere (“seek”). Doublet of acquis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aqueste}} Middle English aqueste, {{der|en|fro|aquest}} Old French aquest, {{cog|fr|acquêt}} French acquêt, {{der|en|VL.|*acquaerere|*acquaesitum}} Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum, {{der|en|la|quaero|quaerere|t=seek}} Latin quaerere (“seek”), {{doublet|en|acquis}} Doublet of acquis Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acquest (countable and uncountable, plural acquests)
  1. (rare) Acquisition; the thing gained. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquest-en-noun-hBzbPLM3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. (law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-acquest-en-noun-AtWOZn20 Topics: law

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: acquests [plural]
Etymology: From Old French acquest. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|acquest}} Old French acquest Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|acquests||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} acquest m (plural acquests), {{frm-noun|m}} acquest m (plural acquests)
  1. acquisition Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-acquest-frm-noun-Md4xKXf8 Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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