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<p><centered><point26>O.</point26></centered></p>

<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>.  <sn>1.</sn> <def>O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph&oelig;nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter <it>o</it> is most closely related to <it>a</it>, <it>e</it>, and <it>u</it>; as in E. b<it>o</it>ne, AS. b<it>&amacr;</it>n; E. st<it>o</it>ne, AS. st<it>&amacr;</it>n; E. br<it>o</it>ke, AS. br<it>e</it>can to break; E. b<it>o</it>re, AS. b<it>e</it>ran to bear; E. d<it>o</it>ve, AS. d<it>&umacr;</it>fe; E. t<it>o</it>ft, t<it>u</it>ft; t<it>o</it>ne, t<it>u</it>ne; n<it>u</it>mber, F. n<it>o</it>mbre.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>The letter <it>o</it> has several vowel sounds, the principal of which are its long sound, as in <xex>bone</xex>, its short sound, as in <xex>nod</xex>, and the sounds heard in the words <xex>orb</xex>, <xex>son</xex>, <xex>do</xex> (<xex>feod</xex>), and <xex>wolf</xex> (<xex>book</xex>).  In connection with the other vowels it forms several digraphs and diphthongs.  See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect; 107-129.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>O was also anciently used to represent 11: with a dash over it (&Omacr;), 11,000.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>O's</plw> <it>or</it> <plw>Oes</plw> <pr>(&omacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The letter O, or its sound.</def> &ldquo;Mouthing out his hollow <xex>oes</xex> and aes.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.</def> &ldquo;This wooden <xex>O</xex> [Globe Theater]&rdquo;.  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A cipher; zero.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Thou art an <qex>O</qex> without a figure.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O'</hw>. <ety>[Ir. <ets>o</ets> a descendant.]</ety> <def>A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies <sig>grandson</sig> or <sig>descendant</sig> of, and is a character of dignity; <as>as, <ex>O'</ex>Neil, <ex>O'</ex>Carrol</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O'</hw> <pr>(&omacr;; unaccented &ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <def>A shortened form of <sig>of</sig> or <sig>on</sig>.</def> &ldquo;At the turning <xex>o'</xex> the tide.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>One</er>.]</ety> <def>One.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> &ldquo;Alle thre but <xex>o</xex> God.&rdquo; <au>Piers Plowman.</au><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For ever, <qex>O</qex> Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 89.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>O</qex> how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 97.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; <xex>O</xex> is frequently followed by an ellipsis and <xex>that</xex>, an in expressing a wish: &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> [I wish] that Ishmael might live before thee!&rdquo; <au>Gen. xvii. 18</au>; or in expressions of surprise, indignation, or regret: &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> [it is sad] that such eyes should e'er meet other object!&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Sheridan Knowles.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; A distinction between the use of <xex>O</xex> and <xex>oh</xex> is insisted upon by some, namely, that <xex>O</xex> should be used only in direct address to a person or personified object, and should never be followed by the exclamation point, while <xex>Oh</xex> (or <xex>oh</xex>) should be used in exclamations where no direct appeal or address to an object is made, and may be followed by the exclamation point or not, according to the nature or construction of the sentence. Some insist that <xex>oh</xex> should be used only as an interjection expressing strong feeling.  The form <xex>O</xex>, however, is, it seems, the one most commonly employed for both uses by modern writers and correctors for the press. &ldquo;<xex>O</xex>, I am slain!&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> what a fair and ministering angel!&rdquo; &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> sweet angel !&rdquo; <au>Longfellow.</au></note><br/>
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<p><q><qex>O</qex> for a kindling touch from that pure flame!</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But she is in her grave, -- and <qex>oh</qex><br/>
The difference to me!</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Oh</qex> for a lodge in some vast wilderness!</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We should distinguish between the sign of the vocative and the emotional interjection, writing <qex>O</qex> for the former, and <qex>oh</qex> for the latter.</q> <rj><qau>Earle.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>O dear</b></col>, <i>and</i> <col><b>O dear me!</b></col></mcol> <ety>[corrupted fr. F. <ets>O Dieu!</ets> or It. <ets>O Dio!</ets> O God! <ets>O Dio mio!</ets> O my God! <au>Wyman</au>.]</ety>, <cd>exclamations expressive of various emotions, but usually promoted by surprise, consternation, grief, pain, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oad</hw> <pr>(&omacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Woad</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coles.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oaf</hw> <pr>(&omacr;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Auf</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A clumsy or awkward person.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> klutz, clod, lummox, stumblebum.</syn><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oaf"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an oaf; simple or clumsy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Oaf"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oak</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>oke</ets>, <ets>ok</ets>, <ets>ak</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;c</ets>; akin to D. <ets>eik</ets>, G. <ets>eiche</ets>, OHG. <ets>eih</ets>, Icel. <ets>eik</ets>, Sw. <ets>ek</ets>, Dan. <ets>eeg</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any tree or shrub of the genus <gen>Quercus</gen>.  The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins.  The fruit is a smooth nut, called an <prod>acorn</prod>, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the <xex>cup</xex> or <xex>cupule</xex>.  There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The strong wood or timber of the oak.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; Among the true oaks in America are: <col><b>Barren oak</b></col>, <xex>or</xex> <col><b>Black-jack</b></col>, <spn>Quercus nigra</spn>. -- <col><b>Basket oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Michauxii</spn>. -- <col><b>Black oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus tinctoria</spn>; -- called also <altname>yellow oak</altname> or <altname>quercitron oak</altname>. -- <col><b>Bur oak</b></col> (see under <er>Bur</er>.), <spn>Quercus macrocarpa</spn>; -- called also <altname>over-cup</altname> or <altname>mossy-cup oak</altname>. -- <col><b>Chestnut oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Prinus</spn> and <spn>Quercus densiflora</spn>. -- <col><b>Chinquapin oak</b></col> (see under <er>Chinquapin</er>), <spn>Quercus prinoides</spn>. -- <col><b>Coast live oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus agrifolia</spn>, of California; -- also called <altname>enceno</altname>. -- <col><b>Live oak</b></col> (see under <er>Live</er>), <spn>Quercus virens</spn>, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, <spn>Quercus Chrysolepis</spn>, of California. -- <col><b>Pin oak</b></col>. Same as <cref>Swamp oak</cref>. -- <col><b>Post oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus obtusifolia</spn>. -- <col><b>Red oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus rubra</spn>. -- <col><b>Scarlet oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus coccinea</spn>. -- <col><b>Scrub oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus ilicifolia</spn>, <spn>Quercus undulata</spn>, etc. -- <col><b>Shingle oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus imbricaria</spn>. -- <col><b>Spanish oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus falcata</spn>. -- <col><b>Swamp Spanish oak</b></col>, <xex>or</xex> <col><b>Pin oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus palustris</spn>. -- <col><b>Swamp white oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus bicolor</spn>. -- <col><b>Water oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus aquatica</spn>. -- <col><b>Water white oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus lyrata</spn>. -- <col><b>Willow oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Phellos</spn>.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]<pbr/>
    Among the true oaks in Europe are: <col><b>Bitter oak</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Turkey oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Cerris</spn> (see <er>Cerris</er>). -- <col><b>Cork oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Suber</spn>. -- <col><b>English white oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Robur</spn>. -- <col><b>Evergreen oak</b></col>, <col><b>Holly oak</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Holm oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Ilex</spn>. -- <col><b>Kermes oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus coccifera</spn>. -- <col><b>Nutgall oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus infectoria</spn>.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; Among plants called <ex>oak</ex>, but not of the genus <gen>Quercus</gen>, are: <col><b>African oak</b></col>, <cd>a valuable timber tree (<spn>Oldfieldia Africana</spn>).</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Australian oak</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>She oak</b></col></mcol>, <cd>any tree of the genus <gen>Casuarina</gen> (see <er>Casuarina</er>).</cd> -- <col><b>Indian oak</b></col>, <cd>the teak tree (see <er>Teak</er>).</cd> -- <col><b>Jerusalem oak</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Jerusalem</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zealand oak</b></col>, <cd>a sapindaceous tree (<spn>Alectryon excelsum</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Poison oak</b></col>, <cd>a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy, but now restricted to <spn>Rhus toxicodendron</spn> or <spn>Rhus diversiloba</spn>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Silky oak</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Silk-bark oak</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an Australian tree (<spn>Grevillea robusta</spn>).</cd></note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Green oak</b></col>, <cd>oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak apple</b></col>, <cd>a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly (<spn>Cynips confluens</spn>). It is green and pulpy when young.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak beauty</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a British geometrid moth (<spn>Biston prodromaria</spn>) whose larva feeds on the oak.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak gall</b></col>, <cd>a gall found on the oak. See 2d <er>Gall</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak leather</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak pruner</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Pruner</er>, the insect.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak spangle</b></col>, <cd>a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect <spn>Diplolepis lenticularis</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak wart</b></col>, <cd>a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.</cd> -- <col><b>The Oaks</b></col>, <cd>one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others).  It was instituted in 1779 by the <person>Earl of Derby</person>, and so called from his estate.</cd> -- <col><b>To sport one's oak</b></col>, <cd>to be &ldquo;not at home to visitors,&rdquo; signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms.</cd> <mark>[Cant, Eng. Univ.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&amacr;cen</ets>.]</ety> <def>Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.</def> &ldquo;In <xex>oaken</xex> bower.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Oaken</qex> timber, wherewith to build ships.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"er</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ocher</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"ling</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"l&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young oak.</def>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"um</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&amacr;cumba</ets>; pref. <ets>&amacr;-</ets> (cf. G. <ets>er-</ets>, Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, orig. meaning, out) + <ets>cemban</ets> to comb, <ets>camb</ets> comb. See <er>Comb</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>White oakum</b></col>, <cd>that made from untarred rope.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"y</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Resembling oak; strong.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r)</pr>, <pos>n</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&amacr;r</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>&amacr;r</ets>, Dan. <ets>aare</ets>, Sw. <ets>&aring;ra</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>row</ets>, v.  Cf. <er>Rowlock</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other.  The part which rests in the rowlock is called the <part>loom</part>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a kind of fulcrum, called a <xex>rowlock</xex>, fixed to the side of the boat.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An oarsman; a rower; <as>as, he is a good <ex>oar</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Oar cock</b></col> <sd>(Zo&ouml;l.)</sd>, <cd>the water rail.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Spoon oar</b></col>, <cd>an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing.</cd> -- <col><b>To boat the oars</b></col>, <cd>to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.</cd> -- <col><b>To feather the oars</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Feather</er>.</cd>, <pos>v. t.</pos> -- <col><b>To lie on the oars</b></col>, <cd>to cease pulling, raising the oars out of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to be idle; to rest.</cd> -- <col><b>To muffle the oars</b></col>, <cd>to put something round that part which rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.</cd> -- <col><b>To put in one's oar</b></col>, <cd>to give aid or advice; -- commonly used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.</cd> -- <col><b>To ship the oars</b></col>, <cd>to place them in the rowlocks.</cd> -- <col><b>To toss the oars</b></col>, <cd>To peak the oars, to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.</cd> -- <col><b>To trail oars</b></col>, <cd>to allow them to trail in the water alongside of the boat.</cd> -- <col><b>To unship the oars</b></col>, <cd>to take them out of the rowlocks.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Oared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Oaring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To row.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Oared</xex> himself.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Oared with laboring arms.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oared</hw> <pr>(&omacr;rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; <as>as, a four-<ex>oared</ex> boat</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having feet adapted for swimming.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Aves</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Oared shrew</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>,  <cd>an aquatic European shrew (<spn>Crossopus ciliatus</spn>); -- called also <altname>black water shrew</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"fish`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"f&ibreve_;sh`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>  <def>The ribbon fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"foot`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"f&oobreve_;t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>  <def>Any crustacean of the genus <gen>Remipes</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"-foot`ed</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having feet adapted for swimming.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without oars.</def> <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"lock`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"l&obreve_;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <def>The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.  Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot.  Same as <er>Rowlock</er>{1}.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oars"man</hw> <pr>(&omacr;rz"m&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oarsmen</plw> <pr>(-m&eitalic_;n)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At the prow of the boat, rose one of the <qex>oarsmen</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>oarsmanship</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>skill as an oarsman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oars"weed`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"w&emacr;d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any large seaweed of the genus <gen>Laminaria</gen>; tangle; kelp.  See <er>Kelp</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oarswoman</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a woman oarsman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"y</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form or the use of an oar; <as>as, the swan's <ex>oary</ex> feet</as>.</def> <rj><au>Milton.</au> <au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>OAS</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The <org>Organization of American States</org> an international association of countries in the Western hemisphere.  It was created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Organization of American States.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O"as*is</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"&adot_;*s&ibreve_;s <it>or</it> &ouptack_;*&amacr;"s&ibreve_;s; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oases</plw> <pr>(-s&emacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'o`asis</grk>; cf. Copt. <ets>ouahe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> &ldquo;The Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the <ex>oasis</ex> and green fields.&rdquo;<br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(fig.)</mark> <def>Any refuge from a prevailing stressful, unpleasant, or annoying situation.</def> <wns>[wns=2 &amp; 3]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> haven.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>My one <qex>oasis</qex> in the dust and drouth<br/>
Of city life.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oast</hw> <pr>(&omacr;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ost</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;st</ets>; cf. Gr. <grk>a'i^qos</grk> burning heat.]</ety> <def>A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.</def> <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat</hw> <pr>(&omacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oats</plw> <pr>(&omacr;ts)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>ote</ets>, <ets>ate</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;ta</ets>, akin to Fries. <ets>oat</ets>.  Of uncertain origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A well-known cereal grass (<spn>Avena sativa</spn>), and its edible grain,  used as food and fodder; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A musical pipe made of oat straw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Animated oats</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Animal oats</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>A grass (<spn>Avena sterilis</spn>) much like oats, but with a long spirally twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently automatic motion.</cd> -- <col><b>Oat fowl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the snow bunting; -- so called from its feeding on oats.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Oat grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the name of several grasses more or less resembling oats, as <spn>Danthonia spicata</spn>, <spn>Danthonia sericea</spn>, and <spn>Arrhenatherum avenaceum</spn>, all common in parts of the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>To feel one's oats</b></col>,  <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to be conceited or self-important.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to feel lively and energetic.</cd> -- <col><b>To sow one's wild oats</b></col>, <cd>to indulge in youthful dissipation.</cd> <au>Thackeray.</au> -- <col><b>Wild oats</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a grass (<spn>Avena fatua</spn>) much resembling oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of cultivated oats.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat"cake</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cake made of oatmeal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of an oat straw or stem; <as>as, an <ex>oaten</ex> pipe</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Made of oatmeal; <as>as, <ex>oaten</ex> cakes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oath</hw> <pr>(&omacr;th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oaths</plw> <pr>(&omacr;&thlig_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>othe</ets>, <ets>oth</ets>, <ets>ath</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;&eth;</ets>; akin to D. <ets>eed</ets>, OS. <ets>&emacr;&eth;</ets>, G. <ets>eid</ets>, Icel. <ets>ei&eth;r</ets>, Sw. <ets>ed</ets>, Dan. <ets>eed</ets>, Goth. <ets>ai&thorn;s</ets>; cf. OIr. <ets>oeth</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.</def> &ldquo;I have an <xex>oath</xex> in heaven&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>An <qex>oath</qex> of secrecy for the concealing of those [inventions] which we think fit to keep secret.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.</def> &ldquo;A terrible <xex>oath</xex>&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oath"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of having an oath administered to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oath"break`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The violation of an oath; perjury.</def>  <rj><au>Shak</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat"meal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Meal made of oats.</def>  <rj><au>Gay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Panicum</gen>; panic grass.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>ob</ets>, prep.  Cf. <er>Epi-</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix signifying <sig>to</sig>, <sig>toward</sig>, <sig>before</sig>, <sig>against</sig>, <sig>reversely</sig>, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in <xex>oblige</xex>, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; <ex>ob</ex>ovate, reversely, or oppositely, ovate. <xex>Ob-</xex> is commonly assimilated before <xex>c</xex>, <xex>f</xex>, <xex>g</xex>, and <xex>p</xex>, to <xex>oc-</xex>, <xex>of-</xex>, <xex>og-</xex>, and <xex>op-</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"com*pressed"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>compressed</ets>.]</ety> <def>Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*con"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ob*con"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>conic</ets>, <ets>conical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*cor"date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>cordate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate; <as>as, an <ex>obcordate</ex> petal or leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*dip`lo*stem"o*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>diplostemonous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*dip"lo*stem"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The condition of being obdiplostemonous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"dor*mi"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obdormire</ets> to fall asleep.]</ety> <def>Sleep.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*duce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obducere</ets>, <ets>obductum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-) + <ets>ducere</ets> to lead.]</ety> <def>To draw over, as a covering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*duct"</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obduce</er>.]</ety> <def>To draw over; to cover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*duc"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obductio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*ra*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obduracy</xex> and persistency.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The absolute completion of sin in final <qex>obduracy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obduratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obdurare</ets> to harden; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-)+ <ets>durare</ets> to harden, <ets>durus</ets> hard. See <er>Dure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The very custom of evil makes the heart <qex>obdurate</qex> against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Art thou <qex>obdurate</qex>, flinty, hard as steel,<br/>
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obdurate</xex> consonants.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.</note><br/>
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<p><q>There is no flesh in man's <qex>obdurate</qex> heart.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Obdurate</er>, <er>Callous</er>, <er>Hardened</er>. <xex>Callous</xex> denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as, a <xex>callous</xex> conscience. <xex>Hardened</xex> implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, <xex>hardened</xex> in vice. <xex>Obdurate</xex> implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity.</usage><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob"du*rate*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob"du*rate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obduratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*dure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*d&umacr;r")</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*dure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*d&umacr;r")</pr>, <hw>Ob*dured"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*d&umacr;r")</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obdurate; hard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>This saw his hapless foes, but stood <qex>obdured</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*dure"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Ob*dur"ed*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>}</mhw> <def>Hardness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"e</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"b&euptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Obi</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"ah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Obi</er>.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to obi; <as>as, the <ex>obeah</ex> man</as>.</def></def2>  <rj><au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>obechi</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large Western African tree (<spn>Triplochiton scleroxcylon</spn>) having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; it yields soft white to pale yellow wood.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> obeche, arere, samba, <spn>Triplochiton scleroxcylon</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obedient.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ob&eacute;dience</ets>, L. <ets>obedientia</ets>, <ets>oboedientia</ets>. See <er>Obedient</er>, and cf. <er>Obeisance</er>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Government must compel the <qex>obedience</qex> of individuals.</q> <rj><qau>Ames.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A following; a body of adherents; <as>as, the Roman Catholic <ex>obedience</ex>, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One of the three monastic vows.</def> <au>Shipley.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Canonical obedience</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Canonical</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Passive obedience</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Passive</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be`di*en"ci*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One yielding obedience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>obedient</ets>, L. <ets>obediens</ets>, <ets>oboediens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>. p. pr. of <ets>obedire</ets>, <ets>oboedire</ets>, to obey. See <er>Obey</er>.]</ety> <def>Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And floating straight, <qex>obedient</qex> to the stream.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The chief his orders gives; the <qex>obedient</qex> band,<br/>
With due observance, wait the chief's command.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be`di*en"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ob&eacute;dientiel</ets>.]</ety> <def>According to the rule of obedience.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>An <qex>obediental</qex> subjection to the Lord of Nature.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ent*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obedient manner; with obedience.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bei"sance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ob&eacute;issance</ets> obedience, fr. <ets>ob&eacute;issant</ets>. See <er>Obey</er>, and cf. <er>Obedience</er>, <er>Abaisance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Obedience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or respect; a bow; a curtsy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Bathsheba bowed and did <qex>obeisance</qex> unto the king.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings i. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bei"san*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Obeisance</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bei"sant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ob&eacute;issant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>ob&eacute;ir</ets> to obey.]</ety> <def>Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely submissive.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*be"li*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'obelo`s</grk> a spit.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`e*lis"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Formed like an obelisk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob"e*lisk</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ebreve_;*l&ibreve_;sk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obeliscus</ets>, Gr. <grk>'obeli`skos</grk>, dim. of <grk>'obelo`s</grk> a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. <ets>ob&eacute;lisque</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called <part>pyramidion</part>.  It is ordinarily monolithic.  Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A mark of reference; -- called also <altname>dagger</altname> [&dagger;].  See <er>Dagger</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"e*lisk</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obelisked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obelisking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To mark or designate with an obelisk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"e*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obelized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obelizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'obeli`zein</grk>, fr. <grk>'obelo`s</grk>. See <er>Obelus</er>.]</ety> <def>To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"e*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obeli</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'obelo`s</grk>, prop., a spit.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A mark [thus &mdash;, or &divide;]; -- so called as resembling a needle.  In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*eq"ui*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obequitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obequitare</ets> to ride about.]</ety> <def>To ride about.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Cockerman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"er*on</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&etilde_;r*&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. OF. <ets>Auberon</ets>; prob. of Frankish origin.]</ety> <fld>(Medi&aelig;val Mythol.)</fld> <def>The king of the fairies, and husband of <persfn>Titania</persfn> or <person>Queen Mab</person>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`er*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oberrate</ets> to wander about.]</ety> <def>A wandering about.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jonhson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bese"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obesus</ets> eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of <ets>obedere</ets> to devour; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>edere</ets> to eat. See <er>Eat</er>.]</ety> <def>Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bese"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being obese; obesity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bes"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos><ety>[L. <ets>obesitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ob&eacute;sit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being obese; excessive body weight; incumbrance of flesh.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obeyed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obeying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>obeyen</ets>, F. <ets>ob&eacute;ir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>obedire</ets>, <ets>oboedire</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-) + <ets>audire</ets> to hear. See <er>Audible</er>, and cf. <er>Obeisance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Children, <qex>obey</qex> your parents in the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Eph. vi. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Was she the God, that her thou didst <qex>obey</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My will <qex>obeyed</qex> his will.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Afric and India shall his power <qex>obey</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; <as>as, a ship <ex>obeys</ex> her helm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give obedience.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Will he <qex>obey</qex> when one commands?</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; By some old writers <xex>obey</xex> was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition <xex>to</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><q>His servants ye are, <qex>to</qex> whom ye <qex>obey</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. vi. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He commanded the trumpets to sound: <qex>to</qex> which the two brave knights <qex>obeying</qex>, they performed their courses.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who yields obedience.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Obediently; submissively.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*firm"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ob*firm"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obfirmatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obfirmare</ets> to make steadfast. See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Firm</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To make firm; to harden in resolution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au>  <au>Sheldon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"fir*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>obfirmatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hardness of heart; obduracy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*fus"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obfuscatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obfuscare</ets> to darken; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>fuscare</ets>, <ets>fuscatum</ets>, to darken, from <ets>fuscus</ets> dark.]</ety> <def>Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>offuscate</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Sir. T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*fus"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obfuscated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obfuscating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To darken; to obscure; to becloud.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all <qex>obfuscated</qex> and darkened over with fuliginous matter.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Clouds of passion which might <qex>obfuscate</qex> the intellects of meaner females.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`fus*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`f&ubreve;s*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obfuscatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obfuscation</xex> of the cornea.&rdquo;  <rj><au>E. Darwin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. of African origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>obe</asp> and <asp>obeah</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au>  <au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A charm or fetich.</def> <mark>[West Indies]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bi</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"b&euptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Jap.]</ety> <def>A sash, esp. the long belt-like broad sash of soft material worn by women aound the waist when wearing a traditional kimono, and usually having a large bow at the back.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Over this is bound the large sash (<qex>obi</qex>) which is the chief article of feminine adornment.</q>  <rj><qau>B. H. Chamberlain.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bi*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*im"bri*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + imbricate.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>obit</ets>, L. <ets>obitus</ets>, fr. <ets>obire</ets> to go against, to go to meet, (sc. <ets>mortem</ets>) to die; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-) + <ets>ire</ets> to go. See <er>Issue</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Death; decease; the date of one's death.</def>  <rj><au>Wood.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The emoluments and advantages from oblations, <qex>obits</qex>, and other sources, increased in value.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Same as <er>obituary</er>; -- by shortenting.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Post obit</b></col> <ety>[L. <ets>post obitum</ets>]</ety>. <cd>See <er>Post-obit</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"i*ter</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ibreve_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L., on the way; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>iter</ets> a going, a walk, way.]</ety> <def>In passing; incidentally; by the way.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>obiter dictum</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ibreve_;*t&etilde_;r d&ibreve_;k"t&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>obiter dicta</plw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ibreve_;*t&etilde_;r d&ibreve_;k"t&adot_;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <def>An incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See <er>Dictum</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bit"u*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obitus</ets> death. See <er>Obit</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; <as>as, <ex>obitual</ex> days</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bit"u*a*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of an obituary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bit"u*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obit</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; <as>as, an <ex>obituary</ex> notice; <ex>obituary</ex> poetry.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bit"u*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obituaries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obituaire</ets>. See <er>Obit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Especially:</specif> <def>A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; <as>as, the funeral director arranged placed an <ex>obituary</ex> in the local papaer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The section of a newspaper in which obituaries{2} are printed; <as>as, I saw the notice of his death in the <ex>obituaries</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*j&ebreve_;kt")</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Objected</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Objecting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>objectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>objicere</ets>, <ets>obicere</ets>, to throw or put before, to oppose; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw: cf. <ets>objecter</ets>. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Of less account some knight thereto <qex>object</qex>,<br/>
<qex>Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some strong impediment or other <qex>objecting</qex> itself.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Pallas to their eyes<br/>
The mist <qex>objected</qex>, and condensed the skies.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He gave to him to <qex>object</qex> his heinous crime.</q> <rj><qau>Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Others <qex>object</qex> the poverty of the nation.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The book . . . giveth liberty to <qex>object</qex> any crime against such as are to be ordered.</q> <rj><qau>Whitgift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; -- usually followed by <ptcl>to</ptcl>; <as>as, she <ex>objected</ex> to his vulgar language</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. T. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"j&ebreve_;kt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objectus</ets>. See <er>Object</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; <as>as, he observed an <ex>object</ex> in the distance; all the <ex>objects</ex> in sight; he touched a strange <ex>object</ex> in the dark.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; <as>as, an <ex>object</ex> of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Object</qex> is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the &ldquo;materia circa quam.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>object</qex> of their bitterest hatred.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Object</qex>, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Let our <qex>object</qex> be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.</q> <rj><qau>D. Webster.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Sight; show; appearance; aspect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He, advancing close<br/>
Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose<br/>
In glorious <qex>object</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; <as>as, the <ex>object</ex> of a transitive verb</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; -- the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures.</def>  <specif>More narrowly,</specif> <def>anything defined as an <ex>object</ex> within an object-oriented programming language.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Ontology)</fld> <def>Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from <contr>attributes</contr>, <contr>processes</contr>, and <contr>relations</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Object glass</b></col>, <cd>the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object.  Its function is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece.  Called also <altname>objective</altname> or <altname>objective lens</altname>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Microscope</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Object lesson</b></col>, <cd>a lesson in which object teaching is made use of.</cd> -- <col><b>Object staff</b></col>. <fld>(Leveling)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Leveling staff</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Object teaching</b></col>, <cd>a method of instruction, in which illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea being accompanied by a representation of that which it signifies; -- used especially in the kindergarten, for young children.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objectus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>ob"ject file</hw>, <hw>ob"ject program</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable program; sometimes called an <altname>obj file</altname>, because its file name typically has the extension &ldquo;obj&rdquo; .</def><br/>
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<p><hw>objectification</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>representing as an object.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"ti*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Object</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to represent or consider as an object; to render objective.</def>  <rj><au>J. D. Morell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>objection</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of objecting; <as>as, to prevent agreement, or action, by <ex>objection</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; <as>as, I have no <ex>objection</ex> to going; unreasonable <ex>objections</ex>.</as></def>  &ldquo;<xex>Objections</xex> against every truth.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tyndale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Cause of trouble; sorrow.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He remembers the <qex>objection</qex> that lies in his bosom, and he sighs deeply.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Exception; difficulty; doubt; scruple.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tion*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; <as>as, <ex>objectionable</ex> words</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*jec"tion*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy.</def>  <rj><au>Ed. Rev.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"ti*vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To objectify.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec`ti*va"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Converting into an object.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*j&ebreve_;k"t&ibreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>objectif</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an object.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever is exterior to the mind, or which is simply an <xex>object</xex> of thought or feeling, as opposed to being related to thoughts of feelings, and opposed to <ant>subjective</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the Middle Ages, <qex>subject</qex> meant <qex>substance</qex>, and has this sense in <persfn>Descartes</persfn> and <persfn>Spinoza:</persfn> sometimes, also, in <persfn>Reid</persfn>.  <qex>Subjective</qex> is used by <person>William of Occam</person> to denote that which exists independent of mind; <qex>objective</qex>, what is formed by the mind.  This shows what is meant by <qex>realitas objectiva</qex> in <persfn>Descartes</persfn>.  <persfn>Kant</persfn> and <persfn>Fichte</persfn> have inverted the meanings.  <qex>Subject</qex>, with them, is the mind which knows; <qex>object</qex>, that which is known; <qex>subjective</qex>, the varying conditions of the knowing mind; <qex>objective</qex>, that which is in the constant nature of the thing known.</q> <rj><qau>Trendelenburg.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Objective</qex> has come to mean that which has independent existence or authority, apart from our experience or thought.  Thus, moral law is said to have <qex>objective authority</qex>, that is, authority belonging to itself, and not drawn from anything in our nature.</q> <rj><qau>Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Unbiased; unprejudiced; fair; uninfluenced by personal feelings or personal interests; considering only the facts of a situation unrelated to the observer; -- of judgments, opinions, evaluations, conclusions, reasoning processes.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Objective</qex> means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the object known, and not from the subject knowing, and thus denotes what is real, in opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in nature, in contrast to what exists merely in the thought of the individual.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct <xex>object</xex> of the verb is placed. See <er>Accusative</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The objective case is frequently used without a governing word, esp. in designations of time or space, where a preposition, as <xex>at</xex>, <xex>in</xex>, <xex>on</xex>, etc., may be supplied.</note><br/>
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<p><q>My troublous dream [on] <examp>this night</examp> doth make me sad.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To write of victories [<ex>in</ex> or <xex>for</xex>] <examp>next year</examp>.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Objective line</b></col> <fld>(Perspective)</fld>, <cd>a line drawn on the geometrical plane which is represented or sought to be represented.</cd> -- <col><b>Objective plane</b></col> <fld>(Perspective)</fld>, <cd>any plane in the horizontal plane that is represented.</cd> -- <col><b>Objective point</b></col>, <cd>the point or result to which the operations of an army are directed.  By extension, the point or purpose to which anything, as a journey or an argument, is directed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Objective</er>, <er>Subjective</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Objective</xex> is applied to things exterior to the mind, and <xex>objects</xex> of its attention; <xex>subjective</xex>, to the operations of the mind itself. Hence, an <xex>objective</xex> motive is some outward thing awakening desire; a <xex>subjective</xex> motive is some internal feeling or propensity. <xex>Objective</xex> views are those governed by outward things; <xex>subjective</xex> views are produced or modified by internal feeling.  Sir Walter Scott's poetry is chiefly <xex>objective</xex>; that of Wordsworth is eminently <xex>subjective</xex>.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>In the philosophy of mind, <qex>subjective</qex> denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; <qex>objective</qex> what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The objective case.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An <cref>object glass</cref>; called also <altname>objective lens</altname>.  See under <er>Object</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Same as <cref>Objective point</cref>, under <er>Objective</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*jec"tive lens</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An <cref>object glass</cref>.  See under <er>Object</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner or state of an object; <as>as, a determinate idea <ex>objectively</ex> in the mind</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Objectivity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Is there such a motion or <qex>objectiveness</qex> of external bodies, which produceth light?</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`jec*tiv"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>objectivit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested <qex>objectivity</qex> have disappeared [in the life of the Greeks].</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the latter, as <qex>objectized</qex> by the former, arise the emotions and affections.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no object; purposeless.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., an accuser.]</ety> <def>One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob"ject-or"i*ent*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>Using data structures called objects, which encapsulate data and typically are accessed by passing messages, which in turn may trigger internal procedures within the object which are invisible outside the object.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jib"ways</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Chippeways</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jic"i*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objiciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>objicere</ets> to object.]</ety> <def>One who makes objection; an objector.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cardinal Wiseman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ju*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objurare</ets> to bind by oath; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>jurare</ets> to swear, fr. <ets>jus</ets> right.]</ety> <def>A binding by oath.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Abp. Bramhall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jur"gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Objurgated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Objurgating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>objurgatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>objurgare</ets> to chide; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>jurgare</ets> to quarrel, scold, fr. <ets>jus</ets> right, court. See <er>Jury</er>.]</ety> <def>To chide; to reprove.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`jur*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objurgatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>objurgation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of objurgating; reproof.</def><br/>
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<p><q>While the good lady was bestowing this <qex>objurgation</qex> on Mr. Ben Allen.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With a strong <qex>objurgation</qex> of the elbow in his ribs.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jur"ga*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objurgatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.</def>  <rj><au>Bancroft.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>objurgatory</qex> question of the Pharisees.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lan"ce*o*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>lanceolate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*late"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblatus</ets>, used as p. p. of <ets>offerre</ets> to bring forward, offer, dedicate; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>latus</ets> borne, for <ets>tlatus</ets>. See <er>Tolerate</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Flattened or depressed at the poles; <as>as, the earth is an <ex>oblate</ex> spheroid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.  See <er>Oblate</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Oblate ellipsoid</b></col>  <it>or</it> <col><b>Oblate spheroid</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with <cref>prolate spheroid</cref>.  See <cref>Ellipsoid of revolution</cref>, under <er>Ellipsoid</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*late"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Oblate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church.  There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the Oblati.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*late"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being oblate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*la"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[LL., fr. L. <ets>oblatus</ets>. See <er>Oblate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(R.C.Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.</def>  <rj><au>Addis &amp; Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oblation</ets>. See <er>Oblate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of offering, or of making an offering.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A peculiar . . . <qex>oblation</qex> given to God.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A pin was the usual <qex>oblation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*la"tion*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*la"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblatratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>oblatrare</ets> to bark against.]</ety> <def>To bark or snarl, as a dog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`la*tra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*la"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oblata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Oblate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.  Cf. <er>Oblongum</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lec"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblectatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>oblectare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To delight; to please greatly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lec*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblectatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Feltham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is <qex>obligable</qex>; and another is not.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obligated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obligating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obligatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obligare</ets>.  See <er>Oblige</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obligated</xex> by a sense of duty.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Proudfit.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That's your true plan -- to <qex>obligate</qex><br/>
The present ministers of state.</q> <rj><qau>Churchill.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That they may not incline or be <qex>obligated</qex> to any vile or lowly occupations.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>obligated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>under a moral obligation to someone.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> beholden(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>under a legal obligation to someone.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> indebted.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc.  Opposite of <ant>unobligated</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>supposed(predicate), required </stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> indebted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>obligation</ets>. L. <ets>obligatio</ets>. See <er>Oblige</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obligating.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A tender conscience is a stronger <qex>obligation</qex> than a proson.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every man has <qex>obligations</qex> which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond <qex>obligation</qex>, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.</q> <rj><qau>Whewell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; -- often used with <it>under</it> to indicate being in that state; <as>as, to place others under <ex>obligations</ex> to one</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Days of obligation</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Day</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>under obligation</b></col>, <col><b>under an obligation</b></col></mcol>. <cd>in a state of obligation{4}.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>obligational</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation; <as>as, <ex>obligational</ex> authority</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"li*ga"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>See <er>Obbligato</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.</def>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being obligatory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obligatorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obligatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by <xex>on</xex> or <xex>upon</xex>; <as>as, obedience is <ex>obligatory</ex> on a soldier</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As long as the law is <qex>obligatory</qex>, so long our obedience is due.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*blige"</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;j"; 277)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obliged</conjf> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;jd")</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obliging</conjf> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;"j&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>obligier</ets>, F. <ets>obliger</ets>, L. <ets>obligare</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. See <er>Ligament</er>, and cf. <er>Obligate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To attach, as by a bond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He had <qex>obliged</qex> all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>obliging</qex> power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Religion <qex>obliges</qex> men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,<br/>
And would not be <qex>obliged</qex> to God for more.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The gates before it are brass, and the whole much <qex>obliged</qex> to Pope Urban VIII.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I shall be more <qex>obliged</qex> to you than I can express.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. E. Montagu.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ob`li*gee"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`l&ibreve_;*j&emacr;")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>oblig&eacute;</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obliger</ets>. See <er>Oblige</er>.]</ety> <def>The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*blige"ment</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;j"m&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obligation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human <qex>obligement</qex>, that you lay upon me.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bli"ger</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;"j&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, obliges.</def>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bli"ging</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;"j&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very <qex>obliging</qex> to a stranger who desires the sight of them.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- <er>Obliging</er>, <er>Kind</er>, <er>Complaisant</er>.</syn> <usage> One is <xex>kind</xex> who desires to see others happy; one is <xex>complaisant</xex> who endeavors to make them so in social intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one who is <xex>obliging</xex> performs some actual service, or has the disposition to do so.</usage><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>O*bli"ging*ly</wf>. <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>O*bli"ging*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`li*gor"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`li*qua"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obliquatio</ets>, fr. <ets>obliquare</ets> to turn obliquely. See <er>Oblique</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; <as>as, the <ex>obliquation</ex> of the eyes</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deviation from moral rectitude.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>obliquus</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>liquis</ets> oblique; cf. <ets>licinus</ets> bent upward, Gr. <grk>le`chrios</grk> slanting.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>oblike</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It has a direction <qex>oblique</qex> to that of the former motion.</q> <rj><qau>Cheyne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not straightforward; indirect; obscure;</def> <specif>hence,</specif> <def>disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The love we bear our friends . . . <br/>
Hath in it certain <qex>oblique</qex> ends.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This mode of <qex>oblique</qex> research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then would be closed the restless, <qex>oblique</qex> eye.<br/>
That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.</q> <rj><qau>Wordworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an <qex>oblique</qex> but weak.</q> <rj><qau>Baker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Oblique angle</b></col>, <col><b>Oblique ascension</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Angle</er>, <er>Ascension</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique arch</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique bridge</b></col>, <cd>a skew bridge. See under <er>Bridge</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Oblique case</b></col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>any case except the nominative. See <er>Case</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Oblique circle</b></col> <fld>(Projection)</fld>, <cd>a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique fire</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique flank</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> -- <col><b>Oblique leaf</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A leaf having one half different from the other.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique line</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique motion</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example.</cd><!-- illustr. of oblique motion, 1 bar 4/4 --> -- <col><b>Oblique muscle</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique narration</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Oblique speech</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique planes</b></col> <fld>(Dialing)</fld>, <cd>planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique sailing</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique speech</b></col> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld>, <cd>speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique sphere</b></col> <fld>(Astron. &amp; Geog.)</fld>, <cd>the celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on the earth except the poles and the equator.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique step</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25&deg;.  It is not now practiced.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> -- <col><b>Oblique system of co&ouml;rdinates</b></col> <fld>(Anal. Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a system in which the co&ouml;rdinate axes are oblique to each other.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An oblique line.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obliqued</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obliquing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Projecting his person towards it in a line which <qex>obliqued</qex> from the bottom of his spine.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"-an`gled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having oblique angles; <as>as, an <ex>oblique-angled</ex> triangle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.</def> &ldquo;Truth <xex>obliquely</xex> leveled.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Fell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Declining from the noon of day,<br/>
The sun <qex>obliquely</qex> shoots his burning ray.</q> <rj><qau>Pope</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His discourse tends <qex>obliquely</qex> to the detracting from others.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being oblique.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*liq"ui*ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obliquities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>obliquitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obliquit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; <as>as, the <ex>obliquity</ex> of the ecliptic to the equator</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral <qex>obliquity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblitus</ets>, p. p. pf <ets>oblinere</ets> to besmear.]</ety> <def>Indistinct; slurred over.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Obscure and <xex>oblite</xex> mention.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obliterated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obliterating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obliteratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obliterare</ets> to obliterate; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>litera</ets>, <ets>littera</ets>, letter.  See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; <as>as, to <ex>obliterate</ex> ideas; to <ex>obliterate</ex> the monuments of antiquity</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly <qex>obliterated</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. Black.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>obliterated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>destroyed so thoroughly as to be unrecognizable or imperceptible.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> wiped out, obliterate.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>made illegible or imperceptible by erasing or abrading away; -- of writing or surface designs on objects.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blotted out, obliterated.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>obliterating</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>making undecipherable or imperceptible; <as>as, <ex>obliterating</ex> mists</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> obscurant.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obliteratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oblit&eacute;ration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit"er*a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending or serving to obliterate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*liv"i*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblivio</ets>, akin to <ets>oblivisci</ets> to forget: cf. OF. <ets>oblivion</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Second childishness and mere <qex>oblivion</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Among our crimes <qex>oblivion</qex> may be set.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The origin of our city will be buried in eternal <qex>oblivion</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; <as>as, an act of <ex>oblivion</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Davies.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Forgetfulness</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*liv"i*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obliviosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oblivieux</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>oblivious</xex> pool.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>She lay in deep, <qex>oblivious</qex> slumber.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Evincing oblivion; forgetful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Through are both weak in body and <qex>oblivious</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Obliv"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*liv"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*liv"i*ous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>total forgetfulness.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> oblivion.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*loc"u*tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblocutor</ets>, <ets>obloquutor</ets>, fr. <ets>obloqui</ets>, <ets>oblocutus</ets>, to speak against; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>loqui</ets> to speak. See <er>Loquacious</er>.]</ety> <def>A disputer; a gainsayer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblongus</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>longus</ets> long: cf. F. <ets>oblong</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The best figure of a garden I esteem an <qex>oblong</qex> upon a descent.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob`lon*ga"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The medulla oblongata.</def>  <rj><au>B. G. Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lon*ga"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long*ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat oblong.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an oblong form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality of being oblong.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long-o"vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*lon"gum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oblonga</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Oblong</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.  Cf. <er>Oblatum</er>, and see <cref>Ellipsoid of revolution</cref>, under <er>Ellipsoid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lo"qui*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing obloquy; reproachful</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Naunton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lo*quy</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"l&ouptack_;*kw&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obloquium</ets>, fr. <ets>obloqui</ets>. See <er>Oblocutor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Shall names that made your city the glory of the earth be mentioned with <qex>obloquy</qex> and detraction?</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Cause of reproach; disgrace.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`luc*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblictutio</ets>, fr. <ets>obluctari</ets> to struggle against.]</ety> <def>A struggle against; resistance; opposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fotherby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`mu*tes"cence</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`m&uuptack_;*t&ebreve_;s"s&eitalic_;ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obmutescens</ets>, p. pr of <ets>obmutescere</ets> to become dumb; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>mutescere</ets> to grow dumb, fr. <ets>mutus</ets> dumb.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A becoming dumb; loss of speech.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A keeping silent or mute.</def>  <rj><au>Paley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*nox"ious</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*n&obreve_;k"sh&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obnoxius</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>noxius</ets> hurtful. See <er>Noxious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with <ptcl>to</ptcl>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The writings of lawyers, which are tied <qex>obnoxious</qex> to their particular laws.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be <qex>obnoxious</qex> to any private purse.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Obnoxious</qex>, first or last,<br/>
To basest things</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.</def> &ldquo;The contrived and interested schemes of . . . <xex>obnoxious</xex> authors.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Fell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All are <qex>obnoxious</qex>, and this faulty land,<br/>
Like fainting Hester, does before you stand<br/>
Watching your scepter.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Very offensive; odious; hateful; <as>as, an <ex>obnoxious</ex> statesman; a minister <ex>obnoxious</ex> to the Whigs.</as></def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*nox"ious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*nox"ious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*nu"bi*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obnubilatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obnubilare</ets> to obscure. See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Nubilate</er>.]</ety> <def>To cloud; to obscure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Burton.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*nu"bi*la"tion</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Beddoes.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"boe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., fr. F. <ets>hautbois</ets>. See <er>Hautboy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>&Verbar;Oboe d'amore</b></col> <ety>[It., lit., oboe of love]</ety>, <it>and</it> <col><b>&Verbar;Oboe di caccia</b></col></mcol> <ety>[It., lit., oboe of the chase]</ety>, <cd>are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of <persfn>Bach</persfn> and <persfn>Handel</persfn>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bo*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A performer on the oboe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"o*la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obolus</er>.]</ety> <def>Possessing only small coins; impoverished.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ole</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obole</ets>. See <er>Obolus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Pharm.)</fld> <def>A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>obol</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"o*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Obelize</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"o*lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Obolus</er>.]</ety> <def>A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"o*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oboli</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. (&unr_;)]</ety> <fld>(Gr.Antiq.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`o*me"goid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>omegoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Obversely omegoid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*o"val</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>oval</ets>.]</ety> <def>Obovate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*o"vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>ovate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; <as>as, an <ex>obovate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*rep"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obreptio</ets>, fr. <ets>obrepere</ets>, <ets>obreptum</ets>, to creep up to; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>repere</ets> to creep.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.</def>  <rj><au>Bell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`rep*ti"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obreptitus</ets>.  See <er>Obreption</er>.]</ety> <def>Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cotgrave.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ro*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obrogatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obrogare</ets> to obrogate.]</ety> <def>To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"rok</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>obrok'</ets>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A rent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.</def> <mark>[Russia]</mark>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scene"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscenus</ets>, <ets>obscaenus</ets>, <ets>obscoenus</ets>, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. <ets>obsc&eacute;ne</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; <as>as, <ex>obscene</ex> language; <ex>obscene</ex> pictures.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew <qex>obscene</qex> and uncleanly.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Foul; fifthy; disgusting.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A girdle foul with grease binds his <qex>obscene</qex> attire.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden (Aeneid, vi. 417).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Inauspicious; ill-omened.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <mark>[A Latinism]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>At the cheerful light,<br/>
The groaning ghosts and birds <qex>obscene</qex> take flight.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*scene"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*scene"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scen"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obscenities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>obscentias</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obsc&eacute;nit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chastity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; <as>as, the <ex>obscenity</ex> of a speech, or a picture</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mr. Cowley asserts plainly, that <qex>obscenity</qex> has no place in wit.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>No pardon vile <qex>obscenity</qex> should find.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obscurare</ets> to obscure.]</ety> <def>One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.</def>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"ant*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The system or the principles of the obscurants.</def>  <rj><au>C. Kingsley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"ant*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Obscurant</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Ed. Rev.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`scu*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurativ</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obscuration</ets>. See <er>Obscure</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <def>The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; <as>as, the <ex>obscuration</ex> of the moon in an eclipse</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Herschel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Obscurer</adjf> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Obscurest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurus</ets>, orig., covered; <ets>ob-</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. <ets>scutum</ets> shield, Skr. <ets>sku</ets> to cover: cf. F. <ets>obscur</ets>.  Cf. <er>Sky</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His lamp shall be put out in <qex>obscure</qex> darkness.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xx. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>obscure</qex> bird<br/>
Clamored the livelong night.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>obscure</qex> corners of the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not noticeable; humble; mean.</def> &ldquo;O base and <xex>obscure</xex> vulgar.&rdquo;  <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;An <xex>obscure</xex> person.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Atterbury.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; <as>as, an <ex>obscure</ex> passage or inscription</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; <as>as, an <ex>obscure</ex> view of remote objects</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Obscure rays</b></col> <fld>(Opt.)</fld>, <cd>those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obscured</conjf> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;rd")</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obscuring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurare</ets>, fr. <ets>obscurus</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>obscurer</ets>.  See <er>Obscure</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with <qex>obscured</qex> lights.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,<br/>
And I should be <qex>obscured</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There is scarce any duty which has been so <qex>obscured</qex> by the writings of learned men as this.</q> <rj><qau>Wake.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And seest not sin <qex>obscures</qex> thy godlike frame?</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r")</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>How!  There's bad news.<br/>
I must <qex>obscure</qex>, and hear it.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obscurity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obscure manner.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"ment</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r"m&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration.</def>  <rj><au>Pomfret.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obscurity.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"er</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, obscures.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*scu"ri*ty</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;"r&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscuritas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obscurit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being obscure.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>You are not for <qex>obscurity</qex> designed.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They were now brought forth from <qex>obscurity</qex>, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Darkness; dimness; gloom. See <er>Darkness</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ob"se*crate</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"s&euptack_;*kr&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>obsecrated</conjf> <pr>(ocr/b"s&euptack_;*kr&amacr;`t&ebreve_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>obsecrating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obsecratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obsecrare</ets>, prop., to ask on religious grounds; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>sacrare</ets> to declare as sacred, from <ets>sacer</ets> sacred.]</ety> <def>To beseech; to supplicate; to implore.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>.  <rj><au>Cockerman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ob`se*cra"tion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`s&euptack_;*kr&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsecratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obsecration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obsecrating or imploring; <as>as, the <ex>obsecrations</ex> of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with &ldquo;By.&rdquo;</as></def>  <rj><au>Bp. Stillingfeet.</au>  <au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*cra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*quent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsequens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obsequi</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>sequi</ets>. See <er>Sequence</er>.]</ety> <def>Obedient; submissive; obsequious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fotherby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obsequiousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*quies</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Obsequy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsequiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>obsequium</ets> compliance, fr. <ets>obsequi</ets>, fr. <ets>obsequi</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obs&eacute;quieux</ets>, See <er>Obsequent</er>, and cf. <er>Obsequy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His servants weeping,<br/>
<qex>Obsequious</qex> to his orders, bear him hither.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; <as>as, <ex>obsequious</ex> flatterer, parasite</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There lies ever in &ldquo;<qex>obsequious</qex>&rdquo; at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[See <er>Obsequy</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;To do <xex>obsequious</xex> sorrow.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Compliant; obedient; servile. See <er>Yielding</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a manner appropriate to obsequies.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Whilst I a while <qex>obsequiously</qex> lament<br/>
The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being obsequious.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*quy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obsequies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>obsequiae</ets>, pl., funeral rites, fr. <ets>obsequi</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obs&egrave;ques</ets>. See <er>Obsequent</er>, and cf. <er>Obsequious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural.</def>  <rj><au>Spencer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,<br/>
With silent <qex>obsequy</qex> and funeral train.</q> <rj><qau>Milton</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will myself<br/>
Be the chief mourner at his <qex>obsequies</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The funeral <qex>obsequies</qex> were decently and privately performed by his family.</q> <rj><qau>J. P. Mahaffy.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Obsequiousness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>observabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>observable</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The difference is sufficiently <qex>observable</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Worthy of being observed; important enough to be noted or celebrated; <as>as, an <ex>observable</ex> anniversary</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Noteworthy; remarkable.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*serv"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*serv"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>observance</ets>, L. <ets>observantia</ets>. See <er>Observant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; <as>as, the <ex>observance</ex> of the Sabbath is general; the strict <ex>observance</ex> of duties.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>It is a custom<br/>
More honored in the breach than the <qex>observance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At dances<br/>
These young folk kept their <qex>observances</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Use all the <qex>observance</qex> of civility.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few easy <qex>observances</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O I that wasted time to tend upon her,<br/>
To compass her with sweet <qex>observances</qex>!</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Servile attention; sycophancy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get,<br/>
Served with <qex>observance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This is not atheism,<br/>
But court <qex>observance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Observance</er>, <er>Observation</er>. These words are discriminated by the two distinct senses of <xex>observe</xex>. To <xex>observe</xex> means (1) to keep strictly; as, to <xex>observe</xex> a fast day, and hence, <xex>observance</xex> denotes the keeping or heeding with strictness; (2) to consider attentively, or to remark; and hence, <xex>observation</xex> denotes either the act of <xex>observing</xex>, or some remark made as the result thereof.  We do not say the <xex>observation</xex> of Sunday, though the word was formerly so used.  The Pharisees were curious in external <xex>observances</xex>; the astronomers are curious in celestial <xex>observations</xex>.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>Love rigid honesty,<br/>
And strict <qex>observance</qex> of impartial laws.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"an*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Observance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*ser`van"dum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Observanda</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A thing to be observed.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>observans</ets>, <ets>-anits</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>observare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>observant</ets>. See <er>Observe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; carefully attentive; <as>as, an <ex>observant</ex> spectator; <ex>observant</ex> habits</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wandering from clime to clime <qex>observant</qex> stray'd.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with <xex>of</xex>, <as>as, to be <ex>observant</ex> of rules</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We are told how <qex>observant</qex> Alexander was of his master Aristotle.</q> <rj><qau>Sir K. Digby.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who observes forms and rules.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sycophantic servant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Silly ducking <qex>observants</qex>,<br/>
That stretch their duties nicely.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An Observantine.