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Definition
obtain (come into the possession of something)
- But her real acquiring of merit was in calling upon that Mrs. Bogart whose gossipy good opinion was so valuable to a doctor.Chapter 15 (38% in)
- Most places that have lost the smell of earth but not yet acquired the smell of patchouli—or of factory-smoke—are just as suspicious and righteous.Chapter 13 (22% in)
- But Juanita also acquired merit.Chapter 20 (85% in)
- Though a Gopher Prairie regards itself as a part of the Great World, compares itself to Rome and Vienna, it will not acquire the scientific spirit, the international mind, which would make it great.Chapter 22 (48% in)
- She was, perhaps, rather proud of herself for having acquired so much tolerance.Chapter 38 (97% in)
There are no more uses of "acquire" in Main Street.
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