Get , n. Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Get (g&ebreve;t),
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. &fist; 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.
&fist; 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 (g&ebreve;t),
v. t. [imp. Got (g&obreve;t) (Obs. Gat (găt)); p. p. Got (Obsolescent Gotten
(g&obreve;t"t'n)); 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.
2.
Hence, with have and had, to come into or
be in possession of; to have. Johnson.
Thou hast got the face of man.
Herbert.
3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.
I had rather
to adopt a child than get it.
Shak. 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.
It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty.
Bp. Fell. 5. To prevail on; to induce;
to persuade.
Get him to say his
prayers.
Shak. 6. To procure to
be, or to cause to be in any state
or condition; -- with a following participle.
Those things I bid you do;
get them
dispatched.
Shak. 7. To betake; to
remove; -- in a reflexive use.
Get thee out from this
land.
Gen. xxxi.
13. He . . . got himself . . . to the strong
town of Mega.
Knolles. &fist; 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.
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.
Get (?), n. [OF. get.]
1. Fashion; manner; custom. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Get (?), n. Jet, the mineral. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
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