Part 4783

<h1>Gesture</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ges"ture</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gestured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gesturing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.</def>

<blockquote>It is not orderly read, nor <b>gestured</b> as beseemeth. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gesture</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ges"ture</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make gestures; to gesticulate.</def>

<blockquote>The players . . . <b>gestured>/qex> not undecently withal. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gestureless</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ges"ture*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from gestures.</def>

<h1>Gesturement</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ges"ture*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of making gestures; gesturing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Get</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jet, the mineral.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Get</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>get</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fashion; manner; custom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Artifice; contrivance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Get</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Got</er> <tt>(?)</tt> (<mark>Obs</mark>. <er>Gat</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>); <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Got</er> (<mark>Obsolescent</mark> <er>Gotten</er> <tt>(?)</tt>); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Getting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>geten</ets>, AS. <ets>gitan</ets>, <ets>gietan</ets> (in comp.); akin to Icel. <ets>geta</ets>, Goth. bi<ets>gitan</ets> to find, L. pre<ets>hendere</ets> to seize, take, Gr. <?/ to hold, contain. Cf. <er>Comprehend</er>, <er>Enterprise</er>, <er>Forget</er>, <er>Impregnable</er>, <er>Prehensile</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; <as>as, to <ex>get</ex> favor by kindness; to <ex>get</ex> wealth by industry and economy; to <ex>get</ex> favor by kindness; to <ex>get</ex> wealth by industry and economy; to <ex>get</ex> land by purchase, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, with <i>have</i> and <i>had</i>, to come into or be in possession of; to have.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<blockquote>Thou hast <b>got</b> the face of man. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To beget; to procreate; to generate.</def>

<blockquote>I had rather to adopt a child than <b>get</b> it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to <i>get</i> a lesson; also with <i>out</i>; <as>as, to <ex>get</ex> out one's Greek lesson</as>.</def>