To acquire a disease is to become "infected" with it or by it.
The word "pestilence" has a root meaning plague, which comes from the Latin word "pestis" meaning plague.
If you mean the disease that killed a huge number of people in the Middle Ages then your spelling is correct. If you meant something else it would help to have a meaning or context of what you meant.
The phrase is "better spell it out" (meaning the word meant is unclear).
The root word of pestilence is "pest," which comes from the Latin word "pestis" meaning plague or epidemic.
Plague = Pestilentia
The word meaning "able to sink" is sinkable.
The word meaning "rather" is spelt quite.
The root word for pesticide is "pest." It comes from the Latin word "pestis," meaning plague or pestilence.
The meaning of a word is spelled "definition".
how do you spell the word that means to be careful i.e., corcious.
The word for plague in Greek is panoukla. The word for plague in Italian is peste, and the word in Spanish is plaga.
The word meaning "complete" is spelt whole. The word meaning "opening" is spelt hole.