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 Catch v. i.
 1. To attain possession. [Obs.]
    Have is have, however men do catch.   --Shak.
 2. To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
 3. To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
 4. To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
    Does the sedition catch from man to man?   --Addison.
 To catch at, to attempt to seize; to be eager to get or use. “[To] catch at all opportunities of subverting the state.” --Addison.
 To catch up with, to come up with; to overtake.