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Entry 14 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

Get

/(jĕt)/ · IPA /ɡɛt/
01 n. Jet, the mineral.
  1. 1.
    Jet, the mineral.[Obs.]
02 n. Fashion; manner; custom.
  1. 1.
    Fashion; manner; custom.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Artifice; contrivance.[Obs.]
03 v. t. 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;…
imp. Got; p. p. Got; p. pr. & vb. n. Getting
  1. 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.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
    “Thou hast got the face of man.” — Herbert.
  3. 3.
    To beget; to procreate; to generate.
    “I had rather to adopt a child than get it.” — Shak.
  4. 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. 5.
    To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
    “Get him to say his prayers.” — Shak.
  6. 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. 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.
Phrases & compounds
To get by heart — to commit to memory.
To get the better 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.
04 v. i. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
  1. 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. 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.
Phrases & compounds
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.
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 — To enter, as, “she prepared to get into the coach.”
To get loose — 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 — To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or difficulty.
To get through — To pass through something.
To get up — To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.
05 n. Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
  1. 1.
    Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
06 n. A divorce granted by a Rabbi in accordance with Jewish law; also, the document attesting to the divorce.
pl. gittin, gitim
  1. 1.
    A divorce granted by a Rabbi in accordance with Jewish law; also, the document attesting to the divorce.