Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

acquire

UK /əˈkwaɪə/ · US /əˈkwaɪɚ/ verb

Forms acquires acquiring acquired acquirest acquiredst acquireth

Synonyms

From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirō; ad- + quaerō (“to seek for”). See quest.

verb To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

Etymology [L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. aquerre. See Quest..]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “acquire”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “acquire” (best matches first).

सर्ज् sarj sarjati, sarjitum, to earn by labour, acquire, gain.
प्रार्ज् prārj prārjayati, yitum, to cause to acquire; to grant, bestow.
वनुष vanuṣa vanuṣate, etc., Vedic to obtain, acquire; (Sāy.) to worship.
लिप्सा lipsā the desire to gain, wish to acquire or obtain, desire for possessing.
अधिधा adhi-dhā -dadhāti, -dhātum, to give, present; A. -dhatte, to acquire additionally.
आत्मसात्कृ ātmasāt-kṛ to make one's own, to acquire or gain for one's self, to place upon one's self.
सम्प्रसाध् sam-pra-sādh -sādhayati, -yitum, to accomplish, effect, settle; to make one's own, acquire.
ऋज् ṛj arjate, -jitum, to go; to stand or be firm; to acquire; to be healthy or strong;