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Definition of Obtains
1. obtain [v] - See also: obtain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtains
Literary usage of Obtains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... hence he obtains clearer notions of God's majesty, but, not knowing Christ to
be the Mediator, remains estranged from Him; all his doubts removed by the ..."
2. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1848)
"obtains Letters Patent from the King. — Builds Fort Frontenac. — obtains additional
Le 'ers Patent for making new Discoveries. MORE than half a century had ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"a statute which pro ides for the punishment of any person who obtains "any money,
property, or valuable thing whatever," by false pretences.1 If the ..."