Look up: obtain

1. 
   obtain
   to be established accepted or customary 
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   obtain
   [Verb] To get something.
   Example: I need to obtain a spare part in order to fix my car.
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   obtain
   [v] - come into possession of
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   Obtain
   Ob·tain' intransitive verb To gain or have a firm footing; to become recognized or established; to become or be prevalent or general; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
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   Obtain
   Ob·tain' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Obtained ; present participle & verbal noun Obtaining .] [ French obtenir , Latin obtinere ; ob (see Ob- ) + tenere to hold. See Tenable .] 1. To hold; to keep; to possess. [ Obsolete] « His mother, then, is mortal, but h ...
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   Obtain
   Ob·tain' intransitive verb 1. To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer. « Sobriety hath by use obtained to signify temperance in drinking.» Jer. Taylor. « The Theodosian code, several hundred years a ...
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   obtain
   verb be valid, applicable, or true; `This theory still holds`
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   Obtain
   • (v. i.) To gain or have a firm footing; to become recognized or established; to become or be prevalent or general; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer. • (v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess. • (v. t.) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. • (v. i.) To prevai...
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