acquire

verb5

1. •
   To get.
2. •
   To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

   • to acquire decent habits and manners
   • He acquired a title.
3. •
   To become affected by an illness.
4. •
   To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
5. •
   To sample signals and convert them into digital values.