OBTAIN
\ɒbtˈe͡ɪn], \ɒbtˈeɪn], \ɒ_b_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of OBTAIN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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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To hold; to keep; to possess.
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To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
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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.
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To prevail; to succeed.
By Oddity Software
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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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To hold; to keep; to possess.
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To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
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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.
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To prevail; to succeed.
By Noah Webster.
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To get possession of; gain; acquire; as, to obtain knowledge; win; procure.
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To be established in practice or use; to prevall or be in fashion; as, widely different customs obtain in different countries.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To lay hold of: to hold: to procure by effort: to gain.
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To be established: to continue in use: to become held or prevalent: to subsist: (rare) to succeed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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