Acquire and Found

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

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Found and acquire are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Found" with "Acquire", this verbs are similar.

Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.

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Acquire and found are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Found".

job	acquire job	found job
body	acquire body	found body
treasure	acquire treasure	found treasure
name	acquire name	found name
Other words: piece, book, key, ring, evidence, sword.

Subverted in "Prime Factors", when several of the crew conspire to betray their new-found allies to acquire their technology, which could conceivably send them home.

Source: Friend or Idol Decision
He also points out that Peter nearly stopped him from saving a girl's life because he was afraid of being found out by the technology SpOck was presumably going to acquire afterwards.

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Comic Books
You can acquire Basic Jobs that are the same as Advanced Jobs found on other Jobs.

Source: Video Game / Mobius Final Fantasy

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