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(1):

(v. i.) To prevail; to succeed.

(2):

(v. i.) To gain or have a firm footing; to become recognized or established; to become or be prevalent or general; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.

(3):

(v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess.

(4):

(v. t.) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.

(5):

(v. i.) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.