What's the difference between acquired and acquitted?

Acquired


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Acquire

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These surveys show that campers exposed to mountain stream water are at risk of acquiring giardiasis.
  • (2) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
  • (3) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
  • (4) None of the children in the study showed clinical symptoms of acquired subglottic stenosis before discharge from hospital, and none has been readmitted for this condition subsequently.
  • (5) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
  • (6) In agreement with the data in the literature, melanocytes incubated with IFN-gamma acquire HLA-DR, -DQ, and -DP antigens.
  • (7) The functional capacity to present antigens to T cells was lacking in normal resting B cells, but was acquired following LK treatment.
  • (8) In the DAUDI cell system, the acquired capability of tumor cell variants to grow in the presence of a relatively high concentration of vinblastine (VBL) is associated with a marked increase to NK and LAK susceptibility.
  • (9) As a result, trnK is under the control of the psbA promoter in this species and has therefore acquired psbA-like expression characteristics.
  • (10) Clinicians should be aware of this new and unusual association of a cerebral glioma and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
  • (11) The problem-based system provides a unique integration of acquiring theoretical knowledge in the basic sciences through clinical problem solving which was highly rated in all analysed phases.
  • (12) However, this inhibition was not found in rats treated with castor oil for 3 d. Moreover, 5-HT concentration in the midbrain significantly decreased in rats that acquired the adaptability for the occurrence of diarrhea.
  • (13) Neuromuscular disorders in small animals include a diverse group of congenital and acquired diseases.
  • (14) H. influenzae also may acquire heme from hemopexin and albumin, which have not been previously investigated.
  • (15) Recently, the use of pentamidine has risen because of its efficacy in managing patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Pneumocystis carinii infection.
  • (16) The development of optical fibers capable of transmitting laser energy has encouraged the experimental use of laser irradiation for the treatment of acquired cardiovascular disorders.
  • (17) In a recent study, Orr and Lanzetta (1984) showed that the excitatory properties of fear facial expressions previously described (Lanzetta & Orr, 1981; Orr & Lanzetta, 1980) do not depend on associative mechanisms; even in the absence of reinforcement, fear faces intensify the emotional reaction to a previously conditioned stimulus and disrupt extinction of an acquired fear response.
  • (18) Both Shigella and Salmonella transferred multi-drug resistance to some enterobacteria--E. coli and Proteus as well as to Salmonella typhimurium when the latter was also present in the intestinal tract; of these some 10--40 per cent acquire the multi-drug resistance of Salmonella heidelberg and Shigella sonnei.
  • (19) This proved that all four fistulas were acquired and that they were probably caused by the catgut ligatures used for ampullary ligation.
  • (20) During the transformation of mammalian cells by SV40, the cells acquire new antigenicity at the cell surface that acts as a target for cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

Acquitted


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Acquit

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was, however, acquitted of criminal charges over this.
  • (2) Several top police commanders were acquitted, and Mubarak and his sons were found not guilty of corruption charges.
  • (3) An MRF sergeant was acquitted of attempted murder following a trial in 1973.
  • (4) She was then tried and acquitted on phone-hacking charges in 2014, leaving her to work out how to restart her career.
  • (5) 9 January 2012: Anwar is acquitted of sodomy charges.
  • (6) He was acquitted of assault by beating after a four-day trial in which his alleged victim, protester Nicola Fisher, declined to give evidence.
  • (7) After the murder he replaced Morgan at Southern Investigations to work alongside Jonathan Rees, who was tried for the murder and acquitted.
  • (8) While he was acquitted of rape, his remark that he took a shower after having sex with an HIV-positive woman to minimise the risk of infection caused fury.
  • (9) Francis Dixon, 38, from Stalybridge, was acquitted of the murder of David Short, the attempted murder of Hark and causing an explosion with a hand grenade.
  • (10) Colonel Jorge Mendonca was acquitted of failing to ensure that his men did not mistreat prisoners who were being held at a British detention centre in Basra, southern Iraq .
  • (11) In 2005 Mallah was acquitted of two terrorism offences but pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Asio officials.
  • (12) It’s about why this government chose to not upgrade Don Dale and to throw children in a derelict male prison.” Lawrence said the problems of juveniles in NT prisons had to be addressed “by a system that’s properly resourced, providing nothing less than best practice which is acquitted by fully qualified and professionally trained staff, creating appropriate behavioural programs and education for adolescent offenders of various types and backgrounds”.
  • (13) The 58-year-old, who recently served a four-month ban by the Football League for failing to pay tax on a yacht, was acquitted of customs offences on the Range Rover, which had been imported from the United States.
  • (14) Two recent high-profile cases have made the headlines: a doctor accused of administering drugs that hastened the deaths of seven elderly patients was acquitted, and France's high court authorised doctors to stop treating and feeding a young man who had been in a vegetative state on life support for six years.
  • (15) An inquest last year ruled that Harwood unlawfully killed him, but a trial jury acquitted the officer of manslaughter in July.
  • (16) If the various Ivan Milat murders had been tried individually he would almost certainly have been acquitted.
  • (17) Two years ago, Olmert was acquitted of separate corruption charges relating to his dealings with a US businessman, which had forced his resignation as prime minister in 2008.
  • (18) However, Azmi and others said that a series of terrorist cases in recent years in which Muslims had been suspected, investigated and often incarcerated for long periods before being acquitted had damaged trust in the police and, more broadly, the government.
  • (19) • This clarification was posted on 30 March 2011: An editing error in the footnote above wrongly suggested that all six men convicted, and later acquitted on appeal, of the Birmingham pub bombings were represented by Gareth Peirce.
  • (20) He directed them to acquit Payne of manslaughter and of intending to pervert the course of justice.

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