- OE. geten, AS. gitangietanin comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L. prehendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain. Cf. ComprehendEnterpriseForgetImpregnablePrehensile
- 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.
- Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.Thou hast got the face of man.
- To beget; to procreate; to generate.I had rather to adopt a child than get it.
- 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.
- To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.Get him to say his prayers.
- 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.
- To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.Get thee out from this land.He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega.To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See Obtain.
