Definition of getting

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

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Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show..
Impetrative :: Impetrative (a.) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty..
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..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had..
Forgettingly :: Forgettingly (adv.) By forgetting.
Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Pony :: Pony (n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
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..
Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.
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..
Procreation :: Procreation (n.) The act of begetting; generation and production of young.
Getting :: Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
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..
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..
Stationary :: Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary..
Retrogenerative :: Retrogenerative (a.) Begetting young by retrocopulation.
Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.
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