obtein

English

Verb

obtein (third-person singular simple present obteins, present participle obteining, simple past and past participle obteined)

1. Obsolete form of obtain.
   • 1550, Edward Hall, “[The Prosperous Reigne of Kyng Edward the Fourth.] The .viii yere.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC, folio xii, verso:

     […] the Welſhemen gat firſte the Weſt hill, hopyng to haue recouered the Eaſt hyl: whiche if thei had obteined, the victory had been theirs, as their vnwyſe Propheſiers promiſed thẽ before.

   • 1570, “Vppon Whitson Monday”, in Arthur Golding, transl., A Postil or orderly disposing of certeine Epistles vsually red in the Church of God, vppon the Sundayes and Holydayes throughout the whole yeere, London: […] Henrie Bynneman. for Lucas Harrison and George Bishop, translation of original by Dauid Chytræus, page 227:

     The ſtate of Peters firſt Sermon which he made vpon Whitſon Sunday, is a doctrine concerning the holy ghoſt, ⁊ of the maner how to obtein euerlaſting ſaluation.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 22:28, column 1:

     […] With a great ſumme obteined I this freedome.