Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to acquihire
Participle: acquihired
Gerund: acquihiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | acquihire |
| you | acquihire |
| he;she;it | acquihires |
| we | acquihire |
| you | acquihire |
| they | acquihire |
Perfect
| I | have acquihired |
| you | have acquihired |
| he;she;it | has acquihired |
| we | have acquihired |
| you | have acquihired |
| they | have acquihired |
Past
| I | acquihired |
| you | acquihired |
| he;she;it | acquihired |
| we | acquihired |
| you | acquihired |
| they | acquihired |
Pluperfect
| I | had acquihired |
| you | had acquihired |
| he;she;it | had acquihired |
| we | had acquihired |
| you | had acquihired |
| they | had acquihired |
Future
| I | will acquihire |
| you | will acquihire |
| he;she;it | will acquihire |
| we | will acquihire |
| you | will acquihire |
| they | will acquihire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have acquihired |
| you | will have acquihired |
| he;she;it | will have acquihired |
| we | will have acquihired |
| you | will have acquihired |
| they | will have acquihired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | acquihire |
| you | acquihire |
| he;she;it | acquihire |
| we | acquihire |
| you | acquihire |
| they | acquihire |
Perfect
| I | have acquihired |
| you | have acquihired |
| he;she;it | have acquihired |
| we | have acquihired |
| you | have acquihired |
| they | have acquihired |
Imperfect
| I | acquihired |
| you | acquihired |
| he;she;it | acquihired |
| we | acquihired |
| you | acquihired |
| they | acquihired |
Pluperfect
| I | had acquihired |
| you | had acquihired |
| he;she;it | had acquihired |
| we | had acquihired |
| you | had acquihired |
| they | had acquihired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would acquihire |
| you | would acquihire |
| he;she;it | would acquihire |
| we | would acquihire |
| you | would acquihire |
| they | would acquihire |
Perfect
| I | would have acquihired |
| you | would have acquihired |
| he;she;it | would have acquihired |
| we | would have acquihired |
| you | would have acquihired |
| they | would have acquihired |
Imperative
| you | acquihire |
| we | Let's acquihire |
| you | acquihire |
Verbs conjugated like 'acquihire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'acquihire'
acquire,
acquiesce,
acquite,
acculture,
accurise,
accurize,
acidise,
acidize,
acquaint,
acquiet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Coined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisition of Dodgeball.com by Google. Hammock subsequently worked to popularize the word. Spelling inconsistent, particularly to difficulty in pronunciation (/ak-hire/), leading to longer variants.
Sample Sentences
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“Tarek was an acquihired founder like you. He turned out to be so awesome, I made him co-head of one of Phluttr's biggest projects! But that's rare. I usually look to guys like you and him to start something new. You're entrepreneurs, after all![…]” [2017, Rob Reid, After On, Del Rey, →ISBN:]