getting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GET'TING, participle present tense Obtaining; procuring; gaining; winning; begetting. GET'TING, noun The act of obtaining, gaining or acquiring; acquisition. Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:7. 1. Gain; profit.
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