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Obfuscation (ŏbfŭskāshŭn), n. [L. obfuscatio.] The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. “Obfuscation of the cornea.” E. Darwin.
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Obi (?), n. [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.
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2. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] B. Edwards.
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Obi (ōb�), n. [Jap.] A sash, esp. the long belt-like broad sash of soft material worn by women aound the waist when wearing a traditional kimono, and usually having a large bow at the back.
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Over this is bound the large sash (obi) which is the chief article of feminine adornment. B. H. Chamberlain.
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Obiism (?), n. Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.
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Obimbricate (?), a. [Pref. ob- + imbricate.] (Bot.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.
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Obit (?), n. [OF. obit, L. obitus, fr. obire to go against, to go to meet, (sc. mortem) to die; ob (see Ob-) + ire to go. See .] 1. Death; decease; the date of one's death. Wood.
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2. A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
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3. A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.
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The emoluments and advantages from oblations, obits, and other sources, increased in value. Milman.
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4. Same as ; -- by shortenting.
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Coloq. Post obit [L. post obitum]. See .
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Obiter (ŏbĭtẽr), adv. [L., on the way; ob (see ) + iter a going, a walk, way.] In passing; incidentally; by the way.
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obiter dictum (ŏbĭtẽr dĭktŭm), n.; pl. obiter dicta (ŏbĭtẽr dĭktȧ). (Law), An incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See , n., 2 (a).
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Obitual (?), a. [L. obitus death. See .] Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; as, obitual days. Smart.
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Obituarily (?), adv. In the manner of an obituary.
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Obituary (?), a. [See .] Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.
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obituary, n.; pl. Obituaries (#). [Cf. F. obituaire. See .] 1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
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2. Especially: A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; as, the funeral director arranged placed an obituary in the local papaer.
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3. pl. The section of a newspaper in which obituaries{2} are printed; as, I saw the notice of his death in the obituaries.
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4. (R. C. Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
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Object (ŏbjĕkt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Objected; p. pr. & vb. n. Objecting.] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see ) + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See a shooting forth.] 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. [Obs.]
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Of less account some knight thereto object,
Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax.
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Some strong impediment or other objecting itself. Hooker.
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Pallas to their eyes
The mist objected, and condensed the skies. Pope.
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2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
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He gave to him to object his heinous crime. Spencer.
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Others object the poverty of the nation. Addison.
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The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered. Whitgift.
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Object, v. i. To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; -- usually followed by to; as, she objected to his vulgar language. Sir. T. More.
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Object (ŏbjĕkt), n. [L. objectus. See , v. t.] 1. That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
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2. Anything 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.
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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.
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The object of their bitterest hatred. Macaulay.
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3. That toward 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; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause.
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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.
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Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. D. Webster.
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4. Sight; show; appearance; aspect. [Obs.] Shak.
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He, advancing close
Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose
In glorious object. Chapman.
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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.
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6. (Computers) Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; -- the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures. More narrowly, anything defined as an object within an object-oriented programming language.
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7. (Ontology) Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from attributes, processes, and relations.
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Coloq. Object glass , the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its function is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective or objective lens. See Illust. of . -- Coloq. Object lesson , a lesson in which object teaching is made use of. -- Coloq. Object staff . (Leveling) Same as . -- Coloq. 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.
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Object (?), a. [L. objectus, p. p.] Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed. [Obs.]
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Objectable (?), a. Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection. [R.]
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object file, object program (?), n. (Computers) A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable program; sometimes called an obj file, because its file name typically has the extension “obj” .
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objectification n. representing as an object.
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Objectify (?), v. t. [Object + -fy.] To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to represent or consider as an object; to render objective. J. D. Morell.
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Objection (?), n. [L. objectio: cf. F. objection.] 1. The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection. Johnson.
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2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections. “Objections against every truth.” Tyndale.
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3. Cause of trouble; sorrow. [Obs. or R.]
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He remembers the objection that lies in his bosom, and he sighs deeply. Jer. Taylor.
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Syn. -- Exception; difficulty; doubt; scruple.
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Objectionable (?), a. Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words. -- Objectionably, adv.
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Objectist (?), n. One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
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Objectivate (?), v. t. To objectify.
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Objectivation (?), n. Converting into an object.
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Objective (ŏbjĕktĭv), a. [Cf. F. objectif.] 1. Of or pertaining to an object.
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2. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever is exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, as opposed to being related to thoughts of feelings, and opposed to subjective.
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In the Middle Ages, subject meant substance, and has this sense in Descartes and Spinoza: sometimes, also, in Reid. Subjective is used by William of Occam to denote that which exists independent of mind; objective, what is formed by the mind. This shows what is meant by realitas objectiva in Descartes. Kant and Fichte have inverted the meanings. Subject, with them, is the mind which knows; object, that which is known; subjective, the varying conditions of the knowing mind; objective, that which is in the constant nature of the thing known. Trendelenburg.
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Objective has come to mean that which has independent existence or authority, apart from our experience or thought. Thus, moral law is said to have objective authority, that is, authority belonging to itself, and not drawn from anything in our nature. Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary).
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3. Hence: Unbiased; unprejudiced; fair; uninfluenced by personal feelings or personal interests; considering only the facts of a situation unrelated to the observer; -- of judgments, opinions, evaluations, conclusions, reasoning processes.
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Objective means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the object known, and not from the subject knowing, and thus denotes what is real, in opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in nature, in contrast to what exists merely in the thought of the individual. Sir. W. Hamilton.
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4. (Gram.) Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See , n.
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☞ The objective case is frequently used without a governing word, esp. in designations of time or space, where a preposition, as at, in, on, etc., may be supplied.
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My troublous dream [on] this night doth make me sad. Shak.
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To write of victories [in or for] next year. Hudibras.
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Coloq. Objective line (Perspective), a line drawn on the geometrical plane which is represented or sought to be represented. -- Coloq. Objective plane (Perspective), any plane in the horizontal plane that is represented. -- Coloq. Objective point , the point or result to which the operations of an army are directed. By extension, the point or purpose to which anything, as a journey or an argument, is directed.
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Syn. -- , . Objective is applied to things exterior to the mind, and objects of its attention; subjective, to the operations of the mind itself. Hence, an objective motive is some outward thing awakening desire; a subjective motive is some internal feeling or propensity. Objective views are those governed by outward things; subjective views are produced or modified by internal feeling. Sir Walter Scott's poetry is chiefly objective; that of Wordsworth is eminently subjective.
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In the philosophy of mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. Sir. W. Hamilton
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Objective, n. 1. (Gram.) The objective case.
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2. An object glass; called also objective lens. See under , n.
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3. Same as Objective point, under , a.
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objective lens, n. An object glass. See under , n.
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Objectively, adv. In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind.
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Objectiveness, n. Objectivity.
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Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light? Sir M. Hale
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Objectivity (?), n. [Cf. F. objectivité.] The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.
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The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared [in the life of the Greeks]. M. Arnold.
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Objectize (?), v. t. To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.
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In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and affections. Coleridge.
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Objectless, a. Having no object; purposeless.
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Objector (?), n. [L., an accuser.] One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
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object-oriented (?), a. (Computers) Using data structures called objects, which encapsulate data and typically are accessed by passing messages, which in turn may trigger internal procedures within the object which are invisible outside the object.
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Objibways (?), prop. n. pl. See .
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Objicient (?), n. [L. objiciens, p. pr. of objicere to object.] One who makes objection; an objector. [R.] Cardinal Wiseman.
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Objuration (?), n. [L. objurare to bind by oath; ob (see ) + jurare to swear, fr. jus right.] A binding by oath. [R.] Abp. Bramhall.
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Objurgate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Objurgated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Objurgating.] [L. objurgatus, p. p. of objurgare to chide; ob (see ) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See .] To chide; to reprove.
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Objurgation (?), n. [L. objurgatio: cf. F. objurgation.] The act of objurgating; reproof.
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While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr. Ben Allen. Dickens.
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With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor.
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Objurgatory (?), a. [L. objurgatorius.] Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. Bancroft.
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The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. Paley.
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Oblanceolate (?), a. [Pref. ob- + lanceolate.] Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
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Oblate (?), a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see ) + latus borne, for tlatus. See .]
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1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See , n.
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Coloq. Oblate ellipsoid or Coloq. Oblate spheroid (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under .
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Oblate, n. [From , a.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. (b) One of the Oblati.
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Oblateness, n. The quality or state of being oblate.
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Oblati (?), n. pl. [LL., fr. L. oblatus. See .] (R.C.Ch.) (a) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state. (b) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery. Addis & Arnold.
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Oblation (?), n. [L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See .] 1. The act of offering, or of making an offering. Locke.
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2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
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A peculiar . . . oblation given to God. Jer. Taylor.
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A pin was the usual oblation. Sir. W. Scott.
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3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
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Oblationer (?), n. One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. Dr. H. More.
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Oblatrate (?), v. i. [L. oblatratus, p. p. of oblatrare to bark against.] To bark or snarl, as a dog. [Obs.]
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Oblatration (?), n. The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. Bp. Hall.
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Oblatum (?), n.; pl. Oblata (#). [NL. See .] (Geom.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. .
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Oblectate (?), v. t. [L. oblectatus, p. p. of oblectare.] To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]
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Oblectation (?), n. [L. oblectatio.] The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight. [R.] Feltham.
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Obligable (?), a. Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [R.]
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The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson.
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Obligate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See .] 1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. “Obligated by a sense of duty.” Proudfit.
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That's your true plan -- to obligate
The present ministers of state. Churchill.
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2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
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That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. Landor.
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obligated adj. 1. under a moral obligation to someone.
Syn. -- beholden(predicate).
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2. under a legal obligation to someone.
Syn. -- indebted.
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3. owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc. Opposite of unobligated. [Narrower terms: supposed(predicate), required ]
Syn. -- indebted.
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Obligation (?), n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See .] 1. The act of obligating.
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2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.
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A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a proson. Fuller.
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3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
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Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. Whewell.
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4. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; -- often used with under to indicate being in that state; as, to place others under obligations to one.
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5. (Law) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
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Coloq. Days of obligation . See under . -- Coloq. under obligation , Coloq. under an obligation . in a state of obligation{4}.
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obligational adj. relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation; as, obligational authority.
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Obligato (?), a. [It.] See .
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Obligatorily (?), adv. In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation. Foxe.
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Obligatoriness, n. The quality or state of being obligatory.
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Obligatory (?), a. [L. obligatorius: cf. F. obligatoire.] Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier.
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As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due. Jer. Taylor.
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Oblige (�blīj; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliged (�blījd); p. pr. & vb. n. Obliging (�blījĭng).] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob (see ) + ligare to bind. See , and cf. .] 1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]
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He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. Bacon.
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2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
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The obliging power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it. South.
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Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. Tillotson.
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3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
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Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,
And would not be obliged to God for more. Dryden.
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The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. Evelyn.
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I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. Mrs. E. Montagu.
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