From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
obtain
v 1: come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"
2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
civilization do not find expression or receive an
interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got
nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive,
get, find, obtain, incur]
3: be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"
[syn: prevail, hold, obtain]