Obduration Ob"du·ra"tion noun [ Latin
obduratio .]
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. [ Obsolete]
Obdure Ob·dure" (ŏb*dūr")
transitive verb To harden. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Obdure Ob·dure" (ŏb*dūr"),
Ob*dured" (ŏb*dūrd")
adjective Obdurate; hard. [ Obsolete]
This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured .
Milton.
Obdureness Ob·dure"ness noun ,
Ob*dur"ed*ness noun Hardness. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Obe Ob"e (ō"be)
noun See Obi .
Obeah O·be"ah noun Same as Obi . --
adjective Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man. B. Edwards.
Obedible O·be"di·ble adjective Obedient. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Obedience O·be"di·ence noun [ French
obédience , Latin
obedientia ,
oboedientia . See
Obedient , and confer
Obeisance .]
1. The act of obeying, or the 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.
Ames. 2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. Shak. 3. (Eccl.) (a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience , or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. Canonical obedience .
See under Canonical . --
Passive obedience .
See under Passive .
Obedienciary O·be`di·en"ci·a·ry noun One yielding obedience. [ Obsolete]
Foxe.
Obedient O·be"di·ent adjective [ Old French
obedient , Latin
obediens ,
oboediens ,
-entis . present participle of
obedire ,
oboedire , to obey. See
Obey .]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream.
Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command.
Pope. Syn. -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
Obediential O·be`di·en"tial adjective [ Confer French
obédientiel .]
According to the rule of obedience. [ R.]
An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature.
Sir M. Hale.
Obediently O·be"di·ent·ly adverb In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Obeisance O·bei"sance noun [ French
obéissance obedience, from
obéissant . See
Obey , and confer
Obedience ,
Abaisance .]
1. Obedience. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy. Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king.
1 Kings i. 16.
Obeisancy O·bei"san·cy noun See Obeisance . [ Obsolete]
Obeisant O·bei"sant adjective [ French
obéissant , present participle of
obéir to obey.]
Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
Obelion O·be"li·on noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a spit.]
(Anat.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.
Obeliscal Ob`e·lis"cal adjective Formed like an obelisk.
Obelisk Ob"e·lisk noun [ Latin
obeliscus , Greek ..., dim. of ... a spit, a pointed pillar: confer French
obélisque .]
1. An upright, four- sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion . It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger . See Dagger , noun , 2.
Obelisk Ob"e·lisk transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Obelisked ;
present participle & verbal noun Obelisking .]
To mark or designate with an obelisk.
Obelize Ob"e·lize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Obelized ;
present participle & verbal noun Obelizing .] [ Greek ..., from
'obelo`s . See
Obelus .]
To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous. [ R.]
Obelus Ob"e·lus noun ;
plural Obeli . [ Latin , from Greek
'obelo`s , prop., a spit.]
(Print.) A mark [ thus —, or ÷]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
Obequitate Ob·eq"ui·tate intransitive verb [ Latin
obequitatus , past participle of
obequitare to ride about.]
To ride about. [ Obsolete] --
Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion noun [ Obsolete]
Cockerman.
Oberon Ob"er·on (ŏb"ẽr*ŏn)
noun [ French, from Old French
Auberon ; probably of Frankish origin.]
(Mediæval Mythol.) The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab. Shak.
Oberration Ob`er·ra"tion noun [ Latin
oberrate to wander about.]
A wandering about. [ Obsolete]
Jonhson.
Obese O·bese" adjective [ Latin
obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, past participle of
obedere to devour;
ob (see
Ob- ) +
edere to eat. See
Eat .]
Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
Obeseness O·bese"ness noun Quality of being obese; obesity.
Obesity O·bes"i·ty noun [ Latin
obesitas : confer French
obésité .]
The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.
Obey O·bey" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Obeyed ;
present participle & verbal noun Obeying .] [ Middle English
obeyen , French
obéir , from Latin
obedire ,
oboedire ;
ob (see Ob-) +
audire to hear. See
Audible , and confer
Obeisance .]
1. To 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 the God, that her thou didst obey ?
Milton. 2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by. My will obeyed his will.
Chaucer. Afric and India shall his power obey .
Dryden. 3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of ; as, a ship obeys her helm.
Obey O·bey" intransitive verb To give obedience. Will he obey when one commands?
Tennyson. » By some old writers
obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition
to .
His servants ye are, to whom ye obey .
Rom. vi. 16. He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying , they performed their courses.
Sir. P. Sidney.
Obeyer O·bey"er noun One who yields obedience. Holland.
Obeyingly O·bey"ing·ly adverb Obediently; submissively.
Obfirm, Obfirmate Ob·firm", Ob·firm"ate transitive verb [ Latin
obfirmatus , past participle of
obfirmare to make steadfast. See
Ob- , and
Firm ,
transitive verb ]
To make firm; to harden in resolution. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall. Sheldon.
Obfirmation Ob"fir·ma"tion noun [ Late Latin
obfirmatio .]
Hardness of heart; obduracy. [ Obsolete]
Jer. Taylor.
Obfuscate Ob·fus"cate adjective [ Latin
obfuscatus , past participle of
obfuscare to darken;
ob (see
Ob- ) +
fuscare ,
fuscatum , to darken, from
fuscus dark.]
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [ Obsolete] [ Written also
offuscate .]
Sir. T. Elyot.
Obfuscate Ob·fus"cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Obfuscated ;
present participle & verbal noun Obfuscating .]
To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter.
Sterne. Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females.
Sir. W. Scott.
Obfuscation Ob`fus·ca"tion noun [ Latin
obfuscatio .]
The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. "
Obfuscation of the cornea."
E. Darwin.
Obi O"bi noun [ Prob. of African origin.]
1. A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [ Written also
obe and
obeah .]
De Quincey. B. Edwards. 2. A charm or fetich. [ West Indies]
B. Edwards.
Obi O"bi noun [ Jap.]
A sash, esp. the long broad sash of soft material worn by women. [ Japan]
Over this is bound the large sash ( obi ) which is the chief article of feminine adornment.
B. H. Chamberlain.
Obiism O"bi·ism noun Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.
Obimbricate Ob·im"bri·cate adjective [ Prefix
ob- + imbricate.]
(Botany) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.
Obit O"bit noun [ Old French
obit , Latin
obitus , from
obire to go against, to go to meet, (sc.
mortem ) to die;
ob (see Ob-) +
ire to go. See
Issue .]
1. Death; decease; the date of one's death. Wood. 2. A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies. 3. A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death. The emoluments and advantages from oblations, obits , and other sources, increased in value.
Milman. Post obit [ Latin
post obitum ].
See Post-obit .
Obiter Ob"i·ter adverb [ Latin , on the way;
ob (see
Ob- ) +
iter a going, a walk, way.]
In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obitual O·bit"u·al adjective [ Latin
obitus death. See
Obit .]
Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; as, obitual days. Smart.
Obituarily O·bit"u·a·ri·ly adverb In the manner of an obituary.
Obituary O·bit"u·a·ry adjective [ See
Obit .]
Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.
Obituary O·bit"u·a·ry noun ;
plural Obituaries . [ Confer French
obituaire . See
Obit .]
1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
Object Ob·ject" (ŏb*jĕkt")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Objected ;
present participle & verbal noun Objecting .] [ Latin
objectus , past participle of
objicere ,
obicere , to throw or put before, to oppose;
ob (see
Ob- ) +
jacere to throw: confer
objecter . See
Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. [ Obsolete]
Of less account some knight thereto object ,
Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove .
Fairfax. Some strong impediment or other objecting itself.
Hooker. Pallas to their eyes
The mist objected , and condensed the skies.
Pope. 2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. He gave to him to object his heinous crime.
Spencer. Others object the poverty of the nation.
Addison. The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.
Whitgift.
Object Ob·ject" intransitive verb To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to . Sir. T. More.
Object Ob"ject (ŏb"jĕkt)
noun [ Latin
objectus . See
Object ,
transitive verb ]
1. That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark. 2. That 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, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc. Object is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the "materia circa quam."
Sir. W. Hamilton. The object of their bitterest hatred.
Macaulay. 3. That by 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; end; aim; motive; final cause. Object , beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.
Sir. W. Hamilton. Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
D. Webster. 4. Sight; show; appearance; aspect. [ Obsolete]
Shak. He, advancing close
Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose
In glorious object .
Chapman. 5. (Gram.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb. Object glass ,
the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its office is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective . See Illust. of Microscope . --
Object lesson ,
a lesson in which object teaching is made use of. --
Object staff .
(Leveling) Same as Leveling staff . --
Object teaching ,
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.
Object Ob·ject" adjective [ Latin
objectus ,
past participle ]
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed. [ Obsolete]
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