Definition of getting

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Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

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Forgettingly :: Forgettingly (adv.) By forgetting.
Getting :: Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
Getting :: Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ge.
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Forgetting :: Forgetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge.
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
Money-maker :: Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive..
Fineer :: Fineer (v. i.) To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit..
Virile :: Virile (a.) Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs..
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Miner :: Miner (n.) One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything..
Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..
Retrogenerative :: Retrogenerative (a.) Begetting young by retrocopulation.
Mammonish :: Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..
Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..
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