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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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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.…ŏb-li-geē', n. p. 901The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. Blackstone.O-blīġe'ment, n. p. 901Obligation. [Rare.] I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.O-blī'ġer, n. p. 901One who obliges.O-blī'ġing, a. p. 901Having the disposition to oblige or do favors, or actually conferring them; hence, civil; complaisant; kind. Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger that desires the…O-blī'ġing-ly, adv. p. 901With civility; kindly; complaisantly.O-blĭg'ing-ness, n. p. 901Binding obligatoriness. [Rare.] “The obligingness of these institutions.” Hammond. 2. Disposition to civility; kindness; complaisance; as, obligingness of character. Walton.Ŏb'li-gôr', n. p. 901The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another. Blackstone.Ŏb-lig'ū-late, a. p. 901(Bot.) Extended on the inner instead of the outer side of the capitulum, or head; — said of the corollas of some ligulate florets. Henslow.Ŏb-li-quā'tion, n. p. 901The act of becoming oblique, or of turning from a straight line or course; a turning to one side; as, the obliquation of the eyes. 2. Deviation from moral rectitude.Ob-lique', a. p. 901Not erect or perpendicular; not extending at right angles from the base; slanting; inclined. It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. Cheyne. 2. Not straight forward; indirect…Ob-lique', v. i. p. 901To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction. “Projecting his person toward it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine.” W. Scott. 2. (Mil.) To move obliquely…Ob-lique'-ān'gled, a. p. 901Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.Ob-lique'ly, adv. p. 901In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. Pope. His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others. Addison.Ob-lique'ness, n. p. 901Obliquity.Ob-lĭq'ui-ty, n. p. 901The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator. 2. Deviation from moral rectitude. To…Ob-lĭt'er-āte, v. t. p. 901To erase or blot out; to efface; as, a writing may be obliterated by erasure, by blotting, or by the slow operation of time or natural causes. 2. To wear out; to destroy by time or other means; as…