Webster's Dictionary 1828

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OBSIGNATION

OBSIGNA'TION, noun The act of sealing; ratification by sealing; confirmation.

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OBSIGNATORY

OBSIG'NATORY, adjective Ratifying; confirming by sealing.

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OBSOLESCENT

OBSOLES'CENT, adjective [Latin obsolesco, to go out of use.]Going out of use; passing into desuetude.All the words compounded of here and a preposition, except hereafter, are ob...

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OBSOLETE

OBSOLE'TE, adjective [Latin obsoletus.]1. Gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; applied chiefly to words or writings.2. In botany, obsc...

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OBSOLETENESS

OBSOLE'TENESS, noun1. The state of being neglected in use; a state of desuetude.2. In botany, indistinctness.

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OBSTACLE

OB'STACLE, noun [Latin obsto, to withstand; ob and sto.]That which opposes; any thing that stands in the way and hinders progress; hinderance; obstruction, either in a physical ...

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OBSTANCY

OB'STANCY, noun [Latin obstantia; ob and sto.] Opposition; impediment; obstruction. [Not used.]

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OBSTETRIC

OBSTET'RIC, adjective [Latin obstetrix, a midwife; ob and sto, to stand before.]Pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as the obstetric art.

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OBSTETRICATE

OBSTET'RICATE, verb intransitive [See Obstetric.] To perform the office of a midwife. [Little used.]OBSTET'RICATE, verb transitive To assist as a midwife. [Little used.]

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OBSTETRICATION

OBSTETRICA'TION, noun1. The act of assisting as a midwife.2. The office of a midwife.

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OBSTETRICIAN

OBSTETRI'CIAN, noun One skilled in the art of assisting women in parturition.

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OBSTETRICS

OBSTET'RICS, noun The art of assisting women in parturition; midwifery.

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OBSTINACY

OB'STINACY, noun [Latin obstinatio, from obsto, to stand against, to oppose; ob and sto.]1. A fixedness in opinion or resolution that cannot be shaken at all, or not without gre...

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OBSTINATE

OB'STINATE, adjective [Latin obstinatus.]1. Stubborn; pertinaciously adhering to an opinion or purpose; fixed firmly in resolution; not yielding to reason, arguments or other me...

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OBSTINATELY

OB'STINATELY, adverb Stubbornly; pertinaciously; with fixedness of purpose not to be shaken, or not without difficulty; as a sinner obstinately bent on his own destruction.Infle...

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OBSTINATENESS

OB'STINATENESS, noun Stubbornness; pertinacity in opinion or purpose; fixed determination.

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OBSTIPATION

OBSTIPA'TION, noun [Latin obstipo; ob and stipo, to crowd.]1. The act of stopping up; as a passage.2. In medicine, costiveness.

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OBSTREPEROUS

OBSTREP'EROUS, adjective [Latin obstreperus, from obstrepo, to roar; ob and strepo.]Loud; noisy; clamorous; vociferous; making a tumultuous noise.The players do not only connive...

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OBSTREPEROUSLY

OBSTREP'EROUSLY, adverb Loudly; clamorously; with tumultuous noise.

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OBSTREPEROUSNESS

OBSTREP'EROUSNESS, noun Loudness; clamor; noisy turbulence.

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OBSTRICTION

OBSTRIC'TION, noun [Latin obstrictus, obstringo; ob and stringo, to strain.]Obligation; bond.

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OBSTRUCT

OBSTRUCT', verb transitive [Latin obstruo; ob and struo, to set.]1. To block up; to stop up or close; as a way or passage; to fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent pas...

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OBSTRUCTED

OBSTRUCT'ED, participle passive1. Blocked up; stopped; as a passage.2. Hindered; impeded; as progress.3. Retarded; interrupted.

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OBSTRUCTER

OBSTRUCT'ER, noun One that obstructs or hinders.

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OBSTRUCTING

OBSTRUCT'ING, participle present tense Blocking up; stopping; impeding; interrupting.

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OBSTRUCTION

OBSTRUC'TION, noun [Latin obstructio.]1. The act of obstructing.2. Obstacle; impediment; any thing that stops or closes a way or channel. Bars of sand at the mouths of rivers ar...

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OBSTRUCTIVE

OBSTRUCT'IVE, adjectivePresenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.OBSTRUCT'IVE, noun Obstacle; impediment. [Little used.]