Oblectate (v. t.) To delight; to please greatly.
Oblectation (n.) The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.
Obligable (a.) Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.
Obligated (imp. & p. p.) of Obligate
Obligating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obligate
Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
Obligate (v. t.) 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.
Obligation (n.) The act of obligating.
Obligation (n.) 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.
Obligation (n.) Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
Obligation (n.) The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.
Obligation (n.) 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.
Obligato (a.) See Obbligato.
Obligatorily (adv.) In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.
Obligatoriness (n.) The quality or state of being obligatory.
Obligatory (a.) 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.
Obliged (imp. & p. p.) of Oblige
Obliging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblige
Oblige (v. t.) To attach, as by a bond.
Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
Oblige (v. t.) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
Obligee (n.) The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.
Obligement (n.) Obligation.
Obliger (n.) One who, or that which, obliges.
Obliging (a.) Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.
Obligor (n.) The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
Obliquation (n.) The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes.
Obliquation (n.) Deviation from moral rectitude.
Oblique (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Oblique (n.) An oblique line.
Obliqued (imp. & p. p.) of Oblique
Obliquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblique
Oblique (v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
Obliquely (adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.
Obliqueness (n.) Quality or state of being oblique.
Obliquities (pl. ) of Obliquity
Obliquity (n.) The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
Obliquity (n.) Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
Oblite (a.) Indistinct; slurred over.
Obliterated (imp. & p. p.) of Obliterate
Obliterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obliterate
Obliterate (v. t.) To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
Obliterate (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
Obliterate (a.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
Obliteration (n.) The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.
Obliterative (a.) Tending or serving to obliterate.
Oblivion (n.) The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion.
Oblivious (a.) Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.
Oblivious (a.) Evincing oblivion; forgetful.
Oblocutor (n.) A disputer; a gainsayer.
Oblong (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
Oblong (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
Oblongata (n.) The medulla oblongata.
Oblongatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.
Oblongish (a.) Somewhat oblong.
Oblongly (adv.) In an oblong form.
Oblongness (n.) State or quality of being oblong.
Oblong-ovate (a.) Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
Oblonga (pl. ) of Oblongum
Oblongum (n.) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Obloquious (a.) Containing obloquy; reproachful
Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Obloquy (n.) Cause of reproach; disgrace.
Obluctation (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition.
Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Obnoxious (a.) Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.
Obnoxious (a.) Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.
Obnoxious (a.) Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.
Obnubilate (v. t.) To cloud; to obscure.
Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Oboist (n.) A performer on the oboe.
Obolary (a.) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.
Obolize (v. t.) See Obelize.
Obolo (n.) A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.
Oboli (pl. ) of Obolus
Obolus (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.
Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
Obomegoid (a.) Obversely omegoid.
Oboval (a.) Obovate.
Obovate (a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
Obreption (n.) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.
Obreption (n.) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.
Obreptitious (a.) Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth.
Obrogate (v. t.) To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.
Obrok (n.) A rent.
Obrok (n.) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.
Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.
Obscene (a/) Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
Obscene (a/) Inauspicious; ill-omened.
Obscenities (pl. ) of Obscenity
Obscenity (n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.
Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.
Obscurantism (n.) The system or the principles of the obscurants.