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Go-getter's activity?
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obtaining
Word definitions for obtaining in dictionaries
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obtain \Ob*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtaining .] [F. obtenir, L. obtinere; ob (see Ob- ) + tenere to hold. See Tenable .] To hold; to keep; to possess. [Obs.] His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of obtain English)
Usage examples of obtaining.
The art of obtaining the signature of a favorable testament, and sometimes of hastening the moment of its execution, is perfectly understood.
However, the difficulty and doubt of obtaining money make both afraid to enter into war.
I know the difficulty of obtaining belief to one's declarations of a disinclination to honors, & that it is greatest with those who still remain in the world.
I will add that your information is the sole reliance, as far as I can at present see, for obtaining this desideratum.
I do not think them essential to the obtaining eminent degrees of science.
Of the means, however, of obtaining what we wish, you will be the best judge.
For obtaining this, we are obliged to appeal to the patriotism of particular persons in different places, of whom we have requested to make the inquiry in their neighborhood, and on such information as shall be voluntarily offered.
The difficulties of getting new works in our situation, inland and without a single bookstore, are such as had prevented my obtaining a copy before.
The flood of paper money, as you well know, had produced an exaggeration of nominal prices and at the same time a facility of obtaining money, which not only encouraged speculations on fictitious capital, but seduced those of real capital, even in private life, to contract debts too freely.
However, as he kept the post-office, it was imagined he had better opportunities of obtaining news.
But, on the whole, tho' I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it.
We bought some old cannon from Boston, but, these not being sufficient, we wrote to England for more, soliciting, at the same time, our proprietaries for some assistance, tho' without much expectation of obtaining it.
If this method of obtaining the waggons and horses is not likely to succeed, I am obliged to send word to the general in fourteen days.
He answer'd me that it was not one of their established principles, but that, at the time of their obtaining that act, it was thought to be a principle with many of their people.
They then by his advice put the paper into the hands of the Attorney and Solicitor-General for their opinion and counsel upon it, where it lay unanswered a year wanting eight days, during which time I made frequent demands of an answer from the proprietaries, but without obtaining any other than that they had not yet received the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General.