Obtain

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Obtained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtaining.]
	1.	To hold; to keep; to possess. His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. - Milton.
	2.	To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. Some pray for riches; riches they obtain. - Dryden. By guileful fair words peace may be obtained. - Shak. It may be that I may obtain children by her. - Gen. xvi. 2.
v. i.	1.	To gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; 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 after Justinian's time, did obtain in the western parts of Europe. - Baker.
	2.	To prevail; to succeed. So run that ye may obtain. - 1 Cor. ix. 24. There is due from the judge to the advocate, some commendation, where causes are fair pleaded; especially towards the side which obtaineth not. - Bacon.

Verb	1.	obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"
	2.	obtain - receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" Synonyms: incur, receive, get, find
	3.	obtain - be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds" Synonyms: prevail, hold

accept, admit, annex, apply, arouse, assume, bag, be, be extant, be found, be in, be in existence, be in force, be met with, be present, be seized of, be the case, be the rage, be the rule, be the thing, be there, breathe, bring, bring back, bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to light, buy, call for, call forth, call out, call up, capture, catch, chalk up, chase after, come by, come in for, come into, contract, contrive, corral, deduce, derive, derive from, dominate, drag down, drag out, draw, draw down, draw forth, draw from, draw on, draw out, educe, effect, elicit, enter into possession, evoke, exist, fetch, fetch and carry, gain, get from, get out of, go after, go and get, go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, grasp, happen to be, harvest, have, have being, have coming in, have place, hold, induce, inspire, instigate, lead, live, make, motivate, net, occur, pick up, predominate, prevail, provoke, pull down, purchase, reap, receive, reign, relate, retrieve, rouse, rule, run after, sack, score, seize, shag, stand, stimulate, subsist, summon forth, summon up, superinduce, take, take in, take on, take over, take possession of, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of

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