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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Get \Get\, n. Jet, the mineral. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Get \Get\, n. [OF. get.] 1. Fashion; manner; custom. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Get \Get\ (g[e^]t), v. t. [imp. {Got} (g[o^]t) (Obs. {Gat} (g[a^]t)); p. p. {Got} (Obsolescent {Gotten} (g[o^]t"t'n)); p. pr & vb n. {Getting}.] [OE. geten, AS gitan, gietan (in comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find L. prehendere to seize, take Gr chanda`nein to hold contain. Cf {Comprehend}, {Enterprise}, {Forget}, {Impregnable}, {Prehensile}.] 1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by to win, by almost any means as to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc 2. Hence with have and had to come into or be in possession of to have --Johnson. Thou hast got the face of man. --Herbert. 3. To beget; to procreate; to generate. I had rather to adopt a child than get it --Shak. 4. To obtain mental possession of to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out as to get out one's Greek lesson. It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty. --Bp. Fell. 5. To prevail on to induce; to persuade. Get him to say his prayers. --Shak. 6. To procure to be or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. Those things I bid you do get them dispatched. --Shak. 7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use Get thee out from this land. --Gen. xxxi. 13. He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega. --Knolles. Note: Get as a transitive verb is combined with adverbs implying motion, to express the causing to or the effecting in the object of the verb of the kind of motion indicated by the preposition; thus to get in to cause to enter to bring under shelter; as to get in the hay; to get out to make come forth, to extract; to get off to take off to remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to collect. {To get by heart}, to commit to memory. {To get the better of}, {To get the best of}, to obtain an advantage over to surpass; to subdue. {To get up}, to cause to be established or to exit to prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as to get up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation. Syn: To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See {Obtain}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Get \Get\ (g[e^]t), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get --Shak. 2. To arrive at or bring one's self into a state, condition, or position; to come to be to become -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb as to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected. To get rid of fools and scoundrels. --Pope. His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast --Coleridge. Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice, or a power of verbal expression which is neither active nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten, confused, dressed. --Earle. Note: Get as an intransitive verb is used with a following preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the part of the subject of the act movement or action of the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or in the general sense to move to stir, to make one's way to advance, to arrive, etc.; as to get away to leave to escape; to disengage one's self from to get down to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or figurative elevation; to get along to make progress; hence to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in to enter to get out to extricate one's self to escape; to get through to traverse; also to finish, to be done to get to to arrive at to reach; to get off to alight, to descend from to dismount; also to escape, to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to convene. {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper. {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper. {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in traveling. {To get among}, to go or come into the company of to become one of a number. {To get asleep}, to fall asleep. {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way {To get at}, to reach; to make way to {To get away with}, to carry off to capture; hence to get the better of to defeat. {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one departed; to return. {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward. {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag. {To get between}, to arrive between. {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than to exceed; to surpass. ``Three score and ten is the age of man, a few get beyond it.'' --Thackeray. {To get clear}, to disengage one's self to be released, as from confinement, obligation, or burden; also to be freed from danger or embarrassment. {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated. {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also to prosper; to advance in wealth. {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim {To get into}. a To enter as ``she prepared to get into the coach.'' --Dickens. b To pass into or reach; as `` a language has got into the inflated state.'' --Keary. {To get} {loose or free}, to disengage one's self to be released from confinement. {To get near}, to approach within a small distance. {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper. {To get over}. a To pass over surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or difficulty. b To recover from as an injury, a calamity. {To get through}. a To pass through something b To finish what one was doing {To get up}. a To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc b To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of stairs, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Get \Get\, n. Offspring; progeny; as the get of a stallion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: get v 1: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" [syn: {acquire}] 2: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: {become}, {go}] 3: cause to move cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: {let}, {have}] 4: 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" [syn: {receive}, {find}, {obtain}, {incur}] 5: reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: {arrive}, {come}] [ant: {leave}] 6: bring or fetch; "Get me those books over there please"; "Could you bring over the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: {bring}, {convey}, {fetch}] [ant: {take away}] 7: of mental or bodily states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: {experience}, {receive}, {have}, {undergo}] 8: take vengeance on or get even "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him" [syn: {pay back}, {pay off}, {fix}] 9: achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: {have}, {make}] 10: cause to do cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: {induce}, {stimulate}, {cause}, {have}, {make}] 11: succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: {catch}, {capture}] 12: come to have of physical features and attributes; "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body" [syn: {grow}, {develop}, {produce}, {acquire}] 13: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" [syn: {contract}, {take}] 14: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" 15: give certain properties to something "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear" [syn: {make}] 16: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: {drive}, {aim}] 17: grasp with the mind; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; " don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?" "She didn't get the joke" [syn: {catch}] 18: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: {catch}, {arrest}] 19: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn: {catch}] 20: reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" 21: get to or be allowed to do something "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long" [syn: {may}, {can}] [ant: {must not}] 22: acquire as a result of some effort or action "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" 23: purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" 24: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" [syn: {catch}] 25: suffer from the receipt of "She will catch hell for this behavior!" [syn: {catch}] 26: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [syn: {receive}] 27: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form "Scram!" [syn: {scram}, {buzz off}, {bugger off}] 28: reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" 29: irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" 30: evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time" 31: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" [syn: {catch}] 32: in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" [syn: {draw}] 33: overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" 34: be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" [syn: {perplex}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {stupify}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}, {trounce}] 35: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!" [syn: {begin}, {start out}, {start}, {set about}, {set out}, {commence}] [ant: {end}] 36: of injuries and illnesses: "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: {suffer}, {sustain}, {have}] 37: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring forth}]
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