receive a specified treatment (abstract), be valid, applicable, or true, come into possession of, transitive To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way, obsolete To hold; to keep; to possess, intransitive To be in existence, in effect, or customary, To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor; acquire, To gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to become prevalent or general; to prevail