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  1. 1. n. Jet, the mineral. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Fashion; manner; custom. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Artifice; contrivance. Source: opted
  4. 4. 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; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To beget; to procreate; to generate. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. t. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. Source: opted
  10. 10. v. t. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use. Source: opted
  11. 11. v. i. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. Source: opted
  12. 12. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  13. 13. n. Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion. Source: opted

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