obtension

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noun

The act of obtending.

OriginLatin obtentio →
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Meanings

nounobtension (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe act of obtending.
  2. nonstandardobsoleteuncountableobtaining; obtainment

    the obtension of the data from which the numbers can be calculated

    1937, Braddock, A. P., “La Correction des Épreuves Éscrites dans les Examens”, in Valentine, C. P., editor, The British Journal of Educational Psychology, volume 7, page 209
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    whether I have perpetrated fraud or falsehood or perjury in the obtension of that certificate.

    1880, Congressional Record: Containing the Proceedings and Debates of the Forty-sixth Congress, Second Session, Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, page 4193

Origin

  1. Latinobtentio
  2. Englishobtension

From Latin obtentio. See obtend.

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