transitive. To meet with, come to have or experience, obtain, receive, get (chiefly, something desirable or needful).

intransitive. To attain, make one's way, get (to, out of).

to come thereby = to ‘come by’ or get possession of that: see to come by —— 1 at come, v. phrasal verbs 2 and to come by at by, prep. 15.

intransitive. To attain. With to or †unto. Now rare.

intransitive. To acquire wealth or property. Obsolete.

intransitive. To take or obtain something from a particular source, esp. a source of information.