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"Section F, G and H"


Gen. xxxi. 13.


He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town
of Mega.
Knolles.


&fist; Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs
implying motion, to express the causing to, or the effecting in, the
object of the verb, of the kind of motion indicated by the
preposition; thus, to get in, to cause to enter, to bring
under shelter; as, to get in the hay; to get out, to
make come forth, to extract; to get off, to take off, to
remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to
collect.


To get by heart, to commit to memory. -
- To get the better of, To get the best
of
, to obtain an advantage over; to surpass; to
subdue.
-- To get up, to cause to be
established or to exit; to prepare; to arrange; to construct; to
invent; as, to get up a celebration, a machine, a book, an
agitation.


Syn. -- To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See
Obtain.


Get (g&ebreve;t), v. i.
1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to
receive accessions; to be increased.


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