Get (gt), v. t. [imp. Got (gt) (Obs. Gat (gt)); p. p. Got (Obsolescent
Gotten (gt"t'n)); p. pr. & vb. n. Getting.] [OE. geten, AS. gitan,
gietan (in comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L.
prehendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain. Cf.
Comprehend, Enterprise, Forget, Impregnable, Prehensile.] 1. To
procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to
obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means;
as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to
get land by purchase, etc.
2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to
have. Johnson.
Thou hast got the face of man.
Herbert.