Definition of Obtaining

1. Verb. (present participle of ''obtain'') ¹

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Definition of Obtaining

1. obtain [v] - See also: obtain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtaining

obstruent
obstruents
obstupefaction
obstupefied
obstupefy
obstupefying
obtain
obtainabilities
obtainability
obtainable
obtained
obtainer
obtainers
obtainest
obtaineth
obtaining (current term)
obtainment
obtainments
obtains
obtect
obtected
obtemper
obtempered
obtempering
obtempers
obtend
obtended
obtending
obtends
obtenebration

Literary usage of Obtaining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"obtaining, as a Loaning, from the drawer of a bill, accepted by the ... obtaining Payment of Negotiated Note by Falsely Pretending to be Still the Owner. ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"not for the sake of justice, but for the sake of character and reputation; in the hope of obtaining some of those offices, marriages, and the like which ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Francis Vesey (1827)
"Fraud in obtaining delivery of a lease, the execution of which was obtained bond fide, affects it equally, as if used to obtain the execution ; delivery ..."

4. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"I. obtaining THE SAMPLE AND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL, I. obtaining the Sample.1 § 169. Water from a pump-well for examination ..."

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