parare, comparare (provide, procure by one’s own means): quaerere (obtain by seeking; e.g., livelihood, victum; popularity with the common people, gratiam ad populum; glory, sibi gloriam): acquirere (to obtain what one has striven for): colligere (collect; e.g., good-will, favor, etc.): nancisci (obtain with or without trouble; even against one’s wish): adipisci (to achieve by exertion): consequi (to arrive at the object of one’s wish, with or without assistance): assequi (to arrive by exertion at the object of one’s endeadors): obtinere (to obtain and keep possession). To acquire credit parere sibi laudem: money, pecuniam sibi facere, a man’s friendship, alicujus amicitiam sibi comparare; great influence, magnam auctoritatem sibi constituere; great wealth and reputation, magnas opes sibi magnumque nomen facere; extensive knowledge, *magnas opes eruditionis sibi comparare. To endeavor to acquire, captare aliquid (e.g., popularity, etc.). To acquire strength, se corroborare.