All 7 Uses of
acquire
in
Dune
- It was a warm night at Castle Caladan, and the ancient pile of stone that had served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations bore that cooled-sweat feeling it acquired before a change in the weather.†
Book 1
- The smugglers have close contact with the Fremen and would've acquired such a device if it were available.†
Book 1 *
- You'll acquire the blue eyes and a callus beside your lovely nose from the filter tube to your stillsuit …. and you'll bear my sister: St. Alia of the Knife.†
Book 1
- She stared at Stilgar, forcing him to think of how Paul had acquired the pistol.†
Book 2
- In the subtleties of the Fremen tongue, the word meant "something acquired in battle" and with the added overtone that the something no longer was used for its original purpose.†
Book 3
- His body had slowly acquired a certain spice tolerance that made prescient visions fewer and fewer …. dimmer and dimmer.†
Book 3
- GHANIMA: something acquired in battle or single combat.†
Book Term
Definition:
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(acquire) obtain (come into the possession of something)