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To hold; to keep; to possess. [Obs.] His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. Milton.

Capable of being obtained.

One who obtains.

The act or process of obtaining; attainment. Milton.

To obtain beforehand.

To obtain again.

That may be reobtained.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

f a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith.

Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

Obtained from plants by distillation. [Obs.] Crabb.

Obtainable; to be got at. The best information . . . at present accessible. Macaulay.

To gain; to obtain. [Obs.] Shak.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.

sting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

A crystalline ketone, CH3COC6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.

To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. Some are born great, some achieve greatness. Shak. Thou hast achieved our liberty. Milton.

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum. Eng. Cyc.

An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.