OBSCURENESS
OBSCU'RENESS,OBSCU'RITY, noun [Latin obscuritas.]1. Darkness; want of light.We wait for light, but behold obscurity. Isaiah 59:1.2. A state of retirement from the world; a state...
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OBSCURITY
OBSCU'RITY, n. [L. obscuritas.]1. Darkness; want of light.We wait for light, but behold obscurity. Is. 59.2. A state of retirement from the world; a state of being unnoticed; pr...
OBSECRATE
OB'SECRATE, verb transitive [Latin obsecro.] To beseech; to intreat; to supplicate; to pray earnestly.
OBSECRATION
OBSECRA'TION, noun1. Intreaty; supplication.2. A figure of rhetoric, in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.
OBSEQUENT
OB'SEQUENT, adjective [Latin obsequens.] Obedient; submissive to. [Little used.]
OBSEQUIES
OB'SEQUIES, nounplural [Latin obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow.]Funeral rites and solemnities; the last duties performed to a deceased person.[Milton uses the w...
OBSEQUIOUS
OBSE'QUIOUS, adjective [from Latin obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow; ob and sequor.]1. Promptly obedient or submissive to the will of another; compliant; yieldi...
OBSEQUIOUSLY
OBSE'QUIOUSLY, adverb1. With ready obedience; with prompt compliance.They rise and with respectful awe, at the word given, obsequiously withdraw.2. With reverence for the dead. ...
OBSEQUIOUSNESS
OBSE'QUIOUSNESS, noun1. Ready obedience; prompt compliance with the orders of a superior.2. Servile submission; mean or excessive complaisance.They apply themselves both to his ...
OBSERVABLE
OBSERV'ABLE, adjective s as z. [See Observe.]1. That may be observed or noticed.2. Worthy of observation or of particular notice; remarkable.I took a just account of every obser...
OBSERVABLY
OBSERV'ABLY, adverb s as z. In a manner worthy of note.
OBSERVANCE
OBSERV'ANCE, noun s as z.1. The act of observing; the act of keeping or adhering to in practice; performance; as the observance of rules, rites, ceremonies or laws.Love rigid ho...
OBSERVANDA
OBSERVAND'A, nounplural s as z. [Latin] Things to be observed.
OBSERVANT
OBSERV'ANT, adjective s as z.1. Taking notice; attentively viewing or noticing; as an observant spectator or traveler.2. Obedient; adhering to in practice; with of. He is very o...
OBSERVATION
OBSERVA'TION, noun s as z. [Latin observatio. See Observe.]1. The act of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing or of fixing the mind on any thing. We apply the word to s...
OBSERVATOR
OBSERVA'TOR, noun s as z.1. One that observes or takes notice.2. A remarker.
OBSERVATORY
OBSERV'ATORY, n s as z.A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies; as the royal observatory at Greenwich.
OBSERVE
OBSERVE, verb transitive obzerv'. [Latin observo; ob and servo, to keep or hold. The sense is to hold in view, or to keep the eyes on.]1. To see or behold with some attention; t...
OBSERVED
OBSERV'ED, participle passive s as z.1. Noticed by the eye or the mind.2. Kept religiously; celebrated; practiced.
OBSERVER
OBSERV'ER, noun s as z.1. One who observes; one that takes notice; particularly, one who looks to with care, attention or vigilance.Careful observers may foretell the hour, by s...
OBSERVING
OBSERV'ING, participle present tense s as z.1. Taking notice by the eye or the intellect.2. Remarking.3. Keeping; adhering to in practice; fulfilling.4.adjective Giving particul...
OBSERVINGLY
OBSERV'INGLY, adverb s as z. Attentively; carefully; with close observation.
OBSESS
OBSESS', verb transitive [Latin obsideo, obsessus; ob and sedeo, to sit.] To besiege. [Not used.]
OBSESSION
OBSESS'ION, noun [Latin obsessio.] The act of besieging; the first attack of Satan antecedent to possession. [Little used.]
OBSIDIAN
OBSID'IAN, noun A mineral of two kinds, translucent and transparent. The translucent has a velvet black color; the transparent is of a dark blue. These occur massive in porphyry...
OBSIDIONAL
OBSID'IONAL, adjective [Latin obsidionalis; ob and sedeo, to sit.] Pertaining to a siege.
OBSIGNATE
OB'SIGNATE, verb transitive [Latin obsigno; ob and signo, to seal.] To seal up; to ratify. [Little used.]