different between obtain vs salvage

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtin?re (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + ten?re (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?te?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophone: abthane

Verb

obtain (third-person singular simple present obtains, present participle obtaining, simple past and past participle obtained)

1. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:

     And a certayne ruler axed him: sayinge: Goode Master: what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe?
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Colonel Jack:

     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.

3. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:

     “O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”

   • 1701, Jonathan Swift, Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome:

     This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained, and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th–18th c.]
5. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
   • 1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel, ChapterXVII,

     Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain; for the act in question […] was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Bantam Spectra, p. 460,

     But the hostage situation no longer obtains, and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now, […]

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Bonita, boat-in

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sælv?d?/

Etymology 1

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

Noun

salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)

1. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
6. (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

Translations

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
2. (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
3. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Translations

Derived terms

• salvageability
• salvageable
• salvager

Related terms

• salvation

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]

Etymology 3

From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salv?ticus, alteration of Latin silv?ticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
2. (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

References

Further reading

• salvage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• salvage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• salvage at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lavages

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English salvage.

Noun

salvage

1. summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage

1. To perform summary execution.

Middle English

Noun

salvage

1. Alternative form of savage

Old French

Adjective

salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)

1. Alternative form of sauvage

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English salvage.

Noun

salvage

1. summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage

1. To perform summary execution.