obtain

verb

1. (transitive)To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

   “obtain permission”

   “obtain information”

   “difficult to obtain”

   “Applicants must obtain a permit before construction.”

   “We obtained accurate data from the survey.”

2. (intransitive, obsolete)To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.

   “he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.”

3. (intransitive, obsolete)To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.

   ““O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].””

   “This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained, and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.”

4. (obsolete, transitive)To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.

   “His mother then is mortal, but his Sire / He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n, / And what will he not do to advance his Son?”

5. (especially, intransitive)To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

   “Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain; for the act in question […] was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.”

   “In connection with the various courses of practical instruction, the companies maintain signalling schools fitted with standard railway equipment in which the staff can be given instructions under conditions exactly similar to those which obtain in signal boxes.”

   “But the hostage situation no longer obtains, and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now, […]”