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obtained
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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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vb. (en-past of: obtain )
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They were manifested in a still more public manner, by the strict orders which were despatched into Egypt to recall the adherents of Athanasius, to restore their privileges, to proclaim their innocence, and to erase from the public registers the illegal proceedings which had been obtained during the prevalence of the Eusebian faction.
Among the Christians who had publicly confessed their religious principles, those who (as it very frequently happened) had been dismissed from the tribunal or the prisons of the Pagan magistrates, obtained such honors as were justly due to their imperfect martyrdom and their generous resolution.
Note: The good princes were not those who alone obtained the honors of an apotheosis: it was conferred on many tyrants.
Pertinax observed, that the name of Geticus (he had obtained some advantage over the Goths, or Getae) would be a proper addition to Parthieus, Alemannicus, &c.
Constantia, his wife, and the sister of Constantine, interceded with her brother in favor of her husband, and obtained from his policy, rather than from his compassion, a solemn promise, confirmed by an oath, that after the sacrifice of Martinianus, and the resignation of the purple, Licinius himself should be permitted to pass the remainder of this life in peace and affluence.
It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends.
Even these chosen freedmen obtained no more than the private rights of citizens, and were rigorously excluded from civil or military honors.
Although Pius had two sons, ^42 he preferred the welfare of Rome to the interest of his family, gave his daughter Faustina, in marriage to young Marcus, obtained from the senate the tribunitian and proconsular powers, and, with a noble disdain, or rather ignorance of jealousy, associated him to all the labors of government.
He asked and obtained leave to pass the rest of his life in his native city, (Nice, in Bithynia: ) it was there that he finished his history, which closes with his second consulship.
Balbus obtained the freedom of Rome by the favor of Pompey, and preserved it by the eloquence of Cicero.
Tiridates derived from his exile such advantages as he could never have obtained on the throne of Armenia.
His reputation obtained him the esteem of Constantine, who invited him to his court, and intrusted to him the education of his son Crispus.
Human reason, which by its unassisted strength is incapable of perceiving the mysteries of faith, had already obtained an easy triumph over the folly of Paganism.
Daniel, that the Franks never obtained any permanent settlement on this side of the Rhine before the time of Clovis, is refuted with much learning and good sense by M.
Strategius, who from this commission obtained the surname of Musonianus, was a Christian of the Arian sect.