English word obtain comes from Old French optiner
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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optiner | Old French (fro) | |
obtenir | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
obtain | English (eng) | (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]. (transitive, [...] |