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What does obtain mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th–18th c.]
  5. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
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Of all the inventors to obtain patents, only a few have really built a better mousetrap.
In other words, the harsh child rearing to obtain unconditional obedience did not of itself antisocialize many Germans.
A decimate tool allows us to obtain a more coarse-grained view of the data over the full n-dimensional space.
Still he was determined to obtain the palm of being the first circumambulator of the earth.
The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.
Nevertheless, food processors could obtain gains for conventional products after market disgregation.

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