Obtain v. t. : To hold; to keep; to possess.

Obtain v. t. : To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.

Obtain v. i. : To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.

Obtain v. i. : To prevail; to succeed.

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obtain from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... French & Latin; Anglo-French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre to hold on to, possess, obtain, from ob- in the way + tenēre to hold — more at thin ...