释义 |
obtainment|əbˈteɪnmənt| [f. as prec. + -ment.] The action of obtaining or getting.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. li. 12 For obteynment of forgivenesse of his sinnes. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 33 Every one is delighted in the obtainement of what he loves. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 224 A species of fraudulent obtainment, the punishment of which consisted of transportation for three years. 1884H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. July 39 Nutrition presupposes obtainment of food. b. Something obtained.
1829E. Jesse Jrnl. Naturalist 55 Grants from manorial lords for permission thus to feed them [swine] were recorded with care as valuable obtainments. |