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ob·tain    Audio Help   (əb-tān', ŏb-)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ob·tained, ob·tain·ing, ob·tains

v.   tr.
To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor; acquire.

v.   intr.
  1. To be established, accepted, or customary: "standards, proprieties that no longer obtain" (Meg Greenfield).
  2. Archaic To succeed.


[Middle English obteinen, from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

ob·tain'a·ble adj., ob·tain'er n.
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