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Syn. — To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See Obtain.
Get
(Get) 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. 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.
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.
Get
(Get), n. Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Geten
(Get"en) obs. p. p. of Get. Chaucer.
Geth
(Geth) the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Get-penny
(Get"-pen`ny) n. Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. [Colloq.] Chapman.
Gettable
(Get"ta*ble) a. That may be obtained. [R.]
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