a. [f. ACQUIRE v. + -ABLE.] Capable of being acquired; attainable.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 174. Wherein as yet mens enquiries are blinde, and satisfaction acquirable from no man.
1784. J. Barry, Lect. on Art, ii. (1848), 112. Invention … can hardly be considered as an acquirable quality.
1880. Muirhead, Gaius, 598. In early times an hereditas was held acquirable by usucapion by one who had no title as heir.
