Ō'bit or Ōb'it, n.

n. [O. Fr. obit, Lat. obitus, from obire, to go against; to go to meet (sc. mortem), to die; from prefix ob and ire, to go.]

1. Death; decease.
2. Hence, funeral solemnities.
3. An anniversary service for the soul of the deceased on the day of his death.

The emoluments and advantages from oblations, obits, and other sources, increased in value. Milman. 4. A particular length of slate. Simmonds.