Obelisk (n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2.
Obelisked (imp. & p. p.) of Obelisk
Obelisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obelisk
Obelisk (v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk.
Obelized (imp. & p. p.) of Obelize
Obelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obelize
Obelize (v. t.) To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.
Obeli (pl. ) of Obelus
Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
Obequitate (v. i.) To ride about.
Oberon (n.) The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.
Oberration (n.) A wandering about.
Obese (a.) Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
Obeseness (n.) Quality of being obese; obesity.
Obesity (n.) The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.
Obeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Obey
Obeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obey
Obey (v. t.) To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Obey (v. t.) To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
Obey (v. t.) To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
Obey (v. i.) To give obedience.
Obeyer (n.) One who yields obedience.
Obeyingly (adv.) Obediently; submissively.
Obfirm (v. t.) Alt. of Obfirmate
Obfirmate (v. t.) To make firm; to harden in resolution.
Obfirmation (n.) Hardness of heart; obduracy.
Obfuscate (a.) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
Obfuscated (imp. & p. p.) of Obfuscate
Obfuscating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obfuscate
Obfuscate (v. t.) To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder.
Obfuscation (n.) The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.
Obi (n.) A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.
Obi (n.) A charm or fetich.
Obimbricate (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.
Obit (n.) Death; decease; the date of one's death.
Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
Obit (n.) A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.
Obiter (adv.) In passing; incidentally; by the way.
Obitual (a.) Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; as, obitual days.
Obituarily (adv.) In the manner of an obituary.
Obiyuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.
Obituaries (pl. ) of Obituary
Obituary (n.) 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.
Obituary (n.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
Objected (imp. & p. p.) of Object
Objecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Object
Object (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Object (v. t.) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
Object (v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
Object (v. t.) 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.
Object (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Object (v. t.) 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 (a.) Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.
Objectable (a.) Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.
Objectify (v. t.) To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to render objective.
Objection (n.) The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.
Objection (n.) 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.
Objection (n.) Cause of trouble; sorrow.
Objectionable (a.) Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words.
Objectist (n.) One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy.
Objectivate (v. t.) To objectify.
Objectivation (n.) Converting into an object.
Objective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object.
Objective (a.) 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 ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective.
Objective (a.) 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 Accusative, n.
Objective (n.) The objective case.
Objective (n.) An object glass. See under Object, n.
Objective (n.) Same as Objective point, under Objective, a.
Objectively (adv.) In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind.
Objectiveness (n.) Objectivity.
Objectivity (n.) The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.
Obectize (v. t.) To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.
Objectless (a.) Having no object; purposeless.
Objector (n.) One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
Objibways (n.pl.) See Chippeways.
Objicient (n.) One who makes objection; an objector.
Objuration (n.) A binding by oath.
Objurgated (imp. & p. p.) of Objurgate
Objurgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Objurgate
Objurgate (v. t.) To chide; to reprove.
Objurgation (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.
Objurgatory (a.) Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.
Oblanceolate (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
Oblate (a.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
Oblate (a.) Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n.
Oblate (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.
Oblate (a.) One of the Oblati.
Oblateness (n.) The quality or state of being oblate.
Oblati (n. pl.) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
Oblati (n. pl.) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
Oblation (n.) The act of offering, or of making an offering.
Oblation (n.) Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
Oblation (n.) 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.
Oblationer (n.) One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.
Oblatrate (v. i.) To bark or snarl, as a dog.
Oblatration (n.) The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.
Oblata (pl. ) of Oblatum
Oblatum (n.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.