obtain /əbˈteɪn 
/ ▸ verb 1 [with object] get, acquire, or secure (something): adequate insurance cover is difficult to obtain.
2 [no object] formal be prevalent, customary, or established: the price of silver fell to that obtaining elsewhere in the ancient world.
– ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinere ‘obtain, gain’.
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