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1536 J. Husee Let. 24 May in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/51) f. 57 I will do asmuche for thoptaigment therof as shall lye in my po^r.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (li. 12) For obteynment of forgivenesse of his sinnes.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 67 In the obtainment of which he hath come to the ultimate design of his endeavours.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 33 Every one is delighted in the obtainement of what he loves.

1788 Trifler No. 3. (Suppl.) 37 Whether nature, or an assiduous endeavour towards the obtainment of them prevails most, is a point I shall not at present dispute.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. p. ccxlix The offence..may be termed fraudulent obtainment or defraudment.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 224 A species of fraudulent obtainment, the punishment of which consisted of transportation for three years.

1884 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. July 39 Nutrition presupposes obtainment of food.

1933 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 27 801 Once..the way to disarmament [is] opened by the obtainment of stable conditions for security, then all international differences in the future shall be settled by arbitration.

1993 B. Whitehead Sweet Death come Softly (BNC) 169 ‘Theft, you mean.’ ‘Unlawful obtainment. No, it would not then be necessary.’

1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 55 Grants from manorial lords for permission thus to feed them [sc. swine] were recorded with care as valuable obtainments.

1894 Catholic World June 316 Woman claims one more right from this greatest of all governments, and custom, the old enemy, rises to dispute her obtainment.

1911 ‘M. Field’ Dian ii. i, in Trag. Pardon 175 Wholly it surpasses Her Anet—its erection and its treasure—Through critic grip of my obtainment, richer Than she by avarice can impropriate.