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Definition of Obtained
1. obtain [v] - See also: obtain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtained
Literary usage of Obtained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... in this case .000197 cm.; furthermore, the value of the elementary electrical
charge obtained as a mean of all of our observations, is 4.902 X 10~10. ..."
2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1896)
"... of forty shillings each to begin with, and ten shillings a year for fifty
years, the term our company was to continue. We afterward obtained a charter, ..."
3. The Holy Bible ...by Canadian Bible Society by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"... endured, lie obtained the promise. laying again the foundation of repentance
from dead works, and of faith toward God, greater : and an oath for ..."
4. A Manual of Metallurgy: More Particularly of the Precious Metals, Including by George Hogarth Makins (1865)
"It is an associate of zinc, although differing from it in many properties, and,
as it is obtained chiefly from the calamine and blende ores of zinc, ..."