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verb (v)

• come into possession of(verb.possession)

  Example:
  How did you obtain the visa?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  find, get, incur, receive
  

  source: wordnet30
• be valid, applicable, or true(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  hold, prevail
  

  source: wordnet30
• To hold; to keep; to possess.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913