Definition of getting

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

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Begetting :: Begetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bege.
Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..
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..
Progeniture :: Progeniture (n.) A begetting, or birth..
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Getting :: Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..
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..
Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show..
Forgetting :: Forgetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge.
Lumbering :: Lumbering (n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
Retrogenerative :: Retrogenerative (a.) Begetting young by retrocopulation.
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..
Mammonish :: Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
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..
Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.
Puberty :: Puberty (n.) The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females..
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..
Stationary :: Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary..
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
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