LekhoriLekhoriFrom Middle English obteinen, from Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + tenēre (“to hold”).
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To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.
To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
“O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”