OBTAIN

vi to prevail; to succeed.

2. obtain ·vt to hold; to keep; to possess.

3. obtain ·vt to get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.

4. obtain ·add. ·vi to gain or have a firm footing; to become recognized or established; to become or be prevalent or general; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.

5. obtain ·vi 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.