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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ŏb'du-rate-ly or Ŏb-dū'rate-ly, adv. p. 899With obstinate impenitence; stubbornly; inflexibly.Ŏb'dū-rate-ness or Ŏb-dū'rate-ness, n. p. 899Inflexible persistence in sin; stubbornness.Ŏb'du-rā'tion, n. p. 899The hardening of the heart; hardness of heart; stubbornness. [Obs.] Hooker.Ob-dūre’, v. t. p. 899To harden; to render inflexible; to render obstinate in sin. [Obs.]Ob-dūre', a. p. 899Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] If the general's heart be so obdure To an old begging soldier. J. Webster.Ob-dūr'ed-ness, n. p. 899Hardness of heart; stubbornness. [Obs.] Hall.Ō’be-ah, n. p. 899A species of witchcraft practiced among the West Indian negroes, and supposed to have been introduced from Africa. [Written also obi.]Ŏb-bē'di-ble, a. p. 899Obedient; compliant. [Obs. and rare.] “Obedible submission.” Bp. Hall.Ob-bē'di-ence, n. p. 899The state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals; otherwise, who will…O-bē'di-ēn'ci-a-ry, n. p. 900One yielding obedience. [Obs.] “Obedienciaries to their church.” Force.O-bē'di-ent, a. p. 900Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint or control. The chief his orders gives: the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.…O-bē′/di-ēn′/tial, a. p. 900According to the rule of obedience; in compliance with commands. [Rare.] “An obediential subjection to the Lord of Nature.” Hale.O-bē'di-ent-ly, adv. p. 900In an obedient manner; with obedience; with due submission to restraint or control.O-bēi'sance or O-bei'sance, n. p. 900A manifestation of obedience; an expression of deference or respect; a bow; a courtesy. They bowed and made obeisance as she passed. Pope.O-bēi'san-cy or O-bei'san-cy, n. p. 900The same as OBEISANCE. [Obs.]O-bēĭ'sant or O-bei'sant, a. p. 900Ready to obey; showing a willingness to obey; reverent; submissive.ŏb'e-lis'cal, a. p. 900Having the form of an obelisk. [Rare.] Stukeley.ŏb'e-lisk, n. p. 900A tall, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and cut off at the top in the form of a flat pyramid; any pillar, especially one set up in an open square or court. The shaft is properly…ŏb'e-lisk, v. t. p. 900To mark or designate with an obelisk.ŏb'e-lize, v. t. p. 900To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spurious.ŏb'e-lĭs, n. p. 900(Print.) A mark [thus —, or ÷]; — so called from its resemblance to a needle. In the old editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.Ob-ēq'ui-tāte, v. i. p. 900To ride about. [Obs.] Cockeram.Ob-ēq'ui-tā'tion, n. p. 900The act of riding about. [Obs.] Cockeram.Ŏb'er-rā'tion, n. p. 900The act of wandering about. [Obs.]O-bēse', a. p. 900Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.O-bēse'ness or O-bēs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 900The state of being obese; excessive fatness; fleshiness; incumbrance of flesh.O-bey', v. t. p. 900To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. Was she thy God, that her thou didst obey?…O-bey'er, n. p. 900One who yields obedience.O-bey'ing-ly, adv. p. 900Obediently; submissively.Ob-firm’ or Ob-firm’ate, v. t. p. 900To make firm; to harden in resolution. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Sheldon.Ob-fūs'cāte, v. t. p. 900To darken; to obscure. His head, like a smoke-jack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. 2. Hence…Ob-füs'cate, a. p. 900Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Ŏb'fus-cā'tion, n. p. 900The act of darkening or confusing; the state of being darkened. “Obfuscations of spirits.” Burton. “Obfuscation of the cornea.” Darwin.Ō'bi, n. p. 900The same as OBEAH.Ob-im′bri-cate, a. p. 900(Bot.) Having the imbrication directed downward. Henslow.Ō'bit or Ōb'it, n. p. 900Death; 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…Post obit p. 900after death.Ŏb'i-ter, adv. p. 900In passing; incidentally; as, obiter dictum, a thing incidentally said.O-bit'ū-al, a. p. 900Pertaining to obits, or the days when funeral solemnities are celebrated; as, obitual days.O-bit'ū-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 900In the manner of an obituary.O-bĭt'ū-a-ry, a. p. 900Relating to the decease of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice.O-bit'ū-a-ry, n. p. 900That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; especially, an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a brief biographical…Ŏb'ject, n. p. 900Any thing set over against one; hence, that which is thrown or set out, or is considered as thrown or set out, before the mind, so that it can be seen and apprehended; that with which the mind is…Ob-jēct′, v. t. p. 900To set before; to bring prominently to view; to bring into opposition; to expose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Pallas to their…Ob-jëct', v. i. p. 900To make opposition in words or argument;—usually followed by to.Ob-jĕct', a. p. 900Opposed; presented in opposition. [Obs.]Ob-jĕct'a-ble, a. p. 900Liable or likely to be objected to. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Ŏb'ject-glass, n. p. 900(Optical Instruments.) The glass placed at the end of the instrument, as a telescope or microscope, which is toward the object. Its office is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by…Ob-jĕct′i-fy, v. t. p. 900To cause to become an object; to form into, or cause to occupy the place, or assume the character, of an object. [Rare.] Morell.Ob-jĕc'tion, n. p. 900The act of objecting. 2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; adverse reason or argument. 3. Cause of trouble; sorrow. [Obs. and rare.] Though the man can run from many hours of his…Ob-jĕc'tion-a-ble, a. p. 900Justly liable to objections; likely to be objected against.Ŏb'ject-ist, n. p. 900One skilled in the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.Ob-jĕct'ive, a. p. 900Pertaining or relating to an object. 2. (Metaph.) Pertaining to, contained in, or being in the nature or position of, the object; outward; external; extrinsic;—an epithet applied to whatever is…Ob-jĕct'ive, n. p. 900(Gram.) The objective case. 2. The object-glass of the microscope.Ob-jĕct'ive-ly, adv. p. 900In an objective manner; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind. 2. In the state of an object.Ob-jĕct'ĭve-ness, n. p. 900The state or relation of being objective. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light? Hale.Ŏb'jec-tĭv'i-ty, n. p. 900The state of being objective.Ŏb'ject-īze, v. t. p. 900To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object. In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and affections. Coleridge.Ŏb'ject-less, a. p. 901Having no object; purposeless.Ob-jĕct'or, n. p. 901One who objects; one who offers arguments or reasons in opposition to a proposition or measure.