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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1573-1599
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Obtend(e, v. [L. obtendere to spread in front of, Eng. obtend (1697).] tr. To put forward as an argument or pretension; to pretend, allege, maintain. —1573 Davidson Satirical Poems xl. 33.
The force of men gif ony will obtend, Kinred or friends to be ane gaird maist strang, All is bot vane1573 Davidson Satirical Poems xli. 156.
As wickit wardlings wald obtend, Gone is ȝour God quhairin ȝe gloir 1587-99 Hume 171/156.
Ye obtende also the releif of the Kirk from povertie and contempt by your good offices in court and counsall
