reacquire

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verb

To acquire again.

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Meanings

verbreacquire (third-person singular simple present reacquires, present participle reacquiring, simple past and past participle reacquired)

present singular third person reacquires · participle present reacquiring · participle past reacquired · past reacquired

  1. transitiveTo acquire again.
    1 more example

    This country, for example, has retained hold of the Pacific islands, established its dominance in Japan, occupied southern Korea, and maintained an important force of Marines in China. At the same time Russia has been incorporating the Kuriles and southern Sakhalin, re-acquiring rights it once possessed in Manchuria, and occupying north Korea.

    [1946 March 1, Lawrence K[aelter] Rosinger, “Manchurian Settlement Essential for Chinese Unity”, in Foreign Policy Bulletin, volume XXV, number 20, Foreign Policy Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishacquire
  7. Englishreacquire

From re- + acquire.

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Translations

Spanish readquirir
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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

reacquire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reacquire

MLA

“reacquire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reacquire. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reacquire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reacquire.

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