Acquire and Return

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

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

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Acquire and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

heart	acquire heart	return heart
soul	acquire soul	return soul
ability	acquire ability	return ability
power	acquire power	return power
Other words: body, amount, pair, item, money, book, key, ring, card, items, sword, gun, powers, memories.

Starfish Aliens: The Horta from the Original Series make a return as an NPC 'pet' the player can acquire.

Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
To acquire it outright,my ou must return with 30 million credits and 50 items of a Gargle Blaster called buskat.

Source: Video Game / Galaxy On Fire
Normally, a 20 STR demon is pretty hard to acquire, but you can either manipulate fusion accidents or simply return the Scathach you just received.

Source: Video Game / Soul Hackers

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