obtensiont (obtenshon)

[ Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 17. obtention (ob-ten's hon), n. [= F. obtention, Many other tongues were kindled from them, as we see how much this gift of tongues obtained in the Church of Corinth. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. ix. The extremely severe climatical changes which obtain in northern Siberia. Huxley , Crayfish, p. 322. Then others, following these my mightiest knights, Sinn'd also, till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined did obtain . Tennyson, Guinevere. 31. To attain; come. If a man cannot obtain to that judgment, then it is left to him generally to be close, and a di embler. OF. obtention = Sp. obtencion = Pg. obtenção, There was no po ibility of granting a pension to a foreigner who resided in his own country while that country was at open war with the land whence he aspired at its obtention : a word I make for my pa ing convenience. Mme. D'Arblay , Diary, VII. 140. (Davies.)