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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'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.Ob-jĭç'i-ent, n. p. 901One who makes objection; an objector. [Rare.]Ŏb'ju-rā'tion, n. p. 901A binding by oath.Ob-jûr'gāte, v. t. p. 901To chide; to reprove.Ŏb'jur-gā'tion, n. p. 901The act of objurgating; reproof; reprehension. With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor.Ob-jûr'ga-to-ry, a. p. 901Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. [Rare.]Ob-lăn'çe-o-late, a. p. 901(Bot.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the attachment. Gray.Ob-lāte′, a. p. 901(Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, an oblate spheroid. Oblate ellipsoid, or spheroid (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis.Ob-lāte', a. p. 901Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; — chiefly or only used in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.Ob-lāte'ness, n. p. 901The quality or state of being oblate.Ob-lā'tion, n. p. 901Any thing offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. “A peculiar . . . oblation given to God.” Bp. Taylor. 2. A gift or contribution for the expenses of the…Ob-lā'tion-er, n. p. 901One who makes an offering as an act of worship or reverence. [Obs.]Ob-lā'trāte, v. i. p. 901To bark or snarl. [Obs.]Ŏb'la-trā'tion, n. p. 901A barking or snarling. [Obs.] “Currish oblatrations.” Bp. Hall.Ŏb'lats, n. pl. p. 901(Rom. Cath. Church.) A congregation of missionaries founded at Aix, in Provence, in 1815, and approved in 1826, under the title of Oblate Missionaries of Mary the Immaculate. They went to Canada in…Ob-lĕc'tāte, v. t. p. 901To delight; to please highly. [Obs.]Ŏb'lec-tā'tion, n. p. 901The act of pleasing highly; delight. [Rare.] W. Scott.Ŏb'li-gāte, v. t. p. 901To bring under obligation; to hold by a constraining motive. The millions of mankind, as one vast fraternity, should feel obligated, by a sense of duty and the impulse of affection, to realize the…Ŏb'li-gā'tion, n. p. 901The act of obligating or binding. 2. That which obligates; the binding power of a vow, promise, oath, or contract, or of law, civil, political, or moral, independent of a promise; that which…Obbli-gā'to, a. p. 901(Mus.) Required; necessary; indispensable; — applied to voices or instruments indispensable to the just performance of a musical composition. [Commonly written obbligato.]ŏb'li-ga-tō'ri-ly, adv. p. 901Under obligation or by constraint.ŏb'li-ga-tō'ri-ness, n. p. 901The quality of binding or coercing; as, the obligatoriness of a duty.Ŏb'li-ga-to-ry, a. p. 901Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; — often followed by on, the use of to being obsolete. As long as law is obligatory, so long our…O-blĭge', v. t. p. 901To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to bind by any restraint. The obliging power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it.…