OBSTRUENT
OB'STRUENT, adjective [Latin obstruens.] Blocking up; hindering.OB'STRUENT, noun Any thing that obstructs the natural passages in the body.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OBSTUPEFACTION
OBSTUPEFAC'TION, noun [Latin obstupefacio.] The act of making stupid or insensible. [See Stupefaction, which is generally used.]
OBSTUPEFACTIVE
OBSTUPEFAC'TIVE, adjective [Latin obstupefacio.] Stupefying; rendering insensible, torpid or inert. [Little used. See Sti[efactove/]
OBTAIN
OBTA'IN, verb transitive [Latin obtineo; ob and teneo, to hold.]1. To get; to gain; to procure; in a general sense, to gain possession of a thing, whether temporary or permanent...
OBTAINABLE
OBTA'INABLE, adjective That may be obtained; that may be procured or gained.
OBTAINED
OBTA'INED, participle passive Gained; procured; acquired.
OBTAINER
OBTA'INER, noun One who obtains.
OBTAINING
OBTA'INING, participle present tense Gaining; procuring; acquiring.
OBTAINMENT
OBTA'INMENT, noun The act of obtaining.
OBTEND
OBTEND', verb transitive [Latin obtendo; ob and tendo; literally, to stretch against or before.]1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition.2. To pretend; to offer as the reason of ...
OBTENEBRATION
OBTENEBRA'TION, noun [from Latin ob and tenebrae, darkness.]A darkening; act of darkening; darkness.In every megrim or vertigo there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance ...
OBTENSION
OBTEN'SION, noun The act of obtending. [Not used.]
OBTEST
OBTEST', verb transitive [Latin obtestor; ob and testor, to witness. To beseech; to supplicate.OBTEST his clemency.OBTEST', verb intransitive To protest.
OBTESTATION
OBTESTA'TION, noun1. Supplication; entreaty.2. Solemn injunction.
OBTESTING
OBTEST'ING, participle present tense Beseeching; supplicating.
OBTRECTATION
OBTRECTA'TION, noun [Latin obtrectatio, from obtrecto; ob and tracto.]Slander; detraction; calumny. [Little used.]
OBTRUDE
OBTRU'DE, verb transitive [Latin obltrudo; ob and trudo, Eng. to thrust.]1. To thrust in or on; to throw, crowd or thrust into any place or state by force or imposition, or with...
OBTRUDED
OBTRU'DED, participle passive Thrust in by force or unsolicited.
OBTRUDER
OBTRU'DER, noun One who obtrudes.
OBTRUDING
OBTRU'DING, participle present tense Thrusting in or on; entering uninvited.
OBTRUNCATE
OBTRUN'CATE, verb transitive [Latin obtrunco; ob and trunco, to cut off.]To deprive of a limb; to lop. [Little used.]
OBTRUNCATION
OBTRUNCA'TION, noun The act of lopping or cutting off. [Little used.]
OBTRUSION
OBTRU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin obtrudo, obtrusus.]The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.
OBTRUSIVE
OBTRU'SIVE, adjective Disposed to obtrude any thing upon others; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self among others, or to enter uninvited.Not obvious, not obtrusive but reti...
OBTRUSIVELY
OBTRU'SIVELY, adverb By way of obtrusion or thrusting upon others, or entering unsolicited.
OBTUND
OBTUND', verb transitive [Latin obtundo; ob and tundo, to beat.]To dull; to blunt; to quell; to deaden; to reduce the edge, pungency or violent action of any thing; as, to obtun...
OBTURATION
OBTURA'TION, noun [Latin obturatus, from obturo, to stop up.]The act of stopping by spreading over or covering.