obtain
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obtain/əbˈteɪn/
▶verb
- 1 acquire or secure.
- 2 formal be prevalent, customary, or established.
– derivatives
obtainability noun,
obtainable adjective,
obtainer noun,
obtainment noun.
obtainability noun,
obtainable adjective,
obtainer noun,
obtainment noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. obtenir, from L. obtinere ‘obtain, gain’.
'obtain' also found in these Oxford entries:
access
- addition
- adept
- agent
- ask
- beget
- bid
- bilk
- blag
- buy
- cadge
- cash
- chase
- coax
- cop
- credit
- cull
- cupboard
- defraud
- dereference
- derive
- design
- distrain
- distraint
- division
- double-dip
- draw
- drum
- earn
- empty-handed
- exact
- extort
- extract
- fight
- finagle
- fish
- forage
- fossick
- freeze-frame
- gain
- gasp
- get
- gimme
- goods
- grab
- grovel
- hire
- hitch
- hustle
- identity theft
