obtend
/ɒbˈtɛnd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Secondly, Whereas he so importunately obtends the style of the letter, as so demonstratively characteristicall of the Au∣thor the truth is that heretofore I have been somewhat conversant in the books and wri∣tings of this Author"
- "’Twas giv’n to you, your darling son to shroud, To draw the dastard from the fighting crowd, And, for a man, obtend an empty cloud."
- "But Dissenters are under no such Obligation, that they know of, to endeavour such Conjunction with them who obtend their meer Wills to their Edification; and some pretend farther, That they are under a Solemn Covenant to endeavour a Reformation according to the Word of God, in their respective places and sta∣tions, and therefore ought not to comply with any Declensions and De∣partures from such Reformation."
- "We rendred another reason (which we have the cleare testimony of our consciences for, was the true reason why we left them out) and that which you obtend no reason at all) yet as though you did communicate with God, in his incommunicable excellency"
- "Be mindful of yourselves, draw forth your swords,//And to his shafts obtend these ample boards"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: obtendere