Acquire and Explain

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

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

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Acquire and explain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Explain".

ability	acquire ability	explain ability
power	acquire power	explain power
name	acquire name	explain name
knowledge	acquire knowledge	explain knowledge
Other words: amount, skills, powers, abilities.

We don't have to explain it Adam: Oh wait Ifi: Why do you have to be in your natural form to acquire?

Source: Blog / Cinnamon Bunzuh!
The reason given to explain why Ben can't just scan Conductoid DNA again to re-acquire the form is that Malware's tampering with the Omnitrix caused a failsafe glitch, leaving the Omnitrix unable to acquire this particular DNA ever again.

Source: Voodoo Shark
Its evolutions on the other hand are quite powerful, but aside from one free set of fire/thunder/water stones for its original three forms, the game doesn't explain how to acquire the other four.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Conquest

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