Acquire and Cause

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

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Cause and acquire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Acquire".

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Acquire and cause are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

amount	acquire amount	cause amount
effect	acquire effect	cause effect

Certain actions taken in Fallen London may cause you to acquire the quality "Unaccountably Peckish", which is a constant hunger you can't seem to sate.

Source: Horror Hunger
Unfortunately the cause of the mutation is unique to a single place and too impractical to acquire so the Brotherhood abandons the idea.

Source: Video Game / Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
In Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Talion can acquire various upgrades and runes that scare Uruks and cause them to run if he murders Uruks in particularly brutal ways.

Source: Supernatural Fear Inducer

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