v. t. [ imp. Got Obs. Gat ; p. p. Got (Obsolescent Gotten ; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast got the face of man. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beget; to procreate; to generate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had rather to adopt a child than get it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Get him to say his prayers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Get thee out from this land. Gen. xxxi. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [ 1913 Webster ]

We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To get rid of fools and scoundrels. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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
To get 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. get. ] 1. Fashion; manner; custom. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artifice; contrivance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Jet, the mineral. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. gittin or gitim. A divorce granted by a Rabbi in accordance with Jewish law; also, the document attesting to the divorce. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. [ Jap. ] A type of Japanese footwear usually with wooden soles, held to the foot by a thong that passes between the first two toes.
Syn. -- clog, patten, sabot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Obtainable; able to be gotten.
Syn. -- gettable, obtainable, procurable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Aapable of being reached or attained; as, a very getatable man; both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations.
Syn. -- come-at-able, get-at-able. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. rapid acceleration. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- pickup. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- lam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]