obtain
verb (used with object)
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request.
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The great end of the strife is therefore unobtained; and the happiness expected never found.
From The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason by Kleiser, Grenville