Obtain: v.tr. (word coming from optenir from the Latin obtinere, Frenchified after to hold).
The verb “get” has several meanings:
1. Manage to be granted, to be given (what one wants to have) (synonyms: to acquire, to snatch, to have, to conquer, colloquial: to take down, to remove, to extort, to impetrate, to receive, to collect, to win, to extract).
Obtain a pass, a visa.
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Obtain the release of a hostage.
To obtain something from someone: to procure.
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