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| a prefix meaning “toward,” “to,” “on,” “over,” “against,” orig. occurring in loanwords from Latin, but now used also, with the sense of “reversely,” “inversely,” to form Neo-Latin and English scientific terms: object; obligate; oblanceolate. |
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pref. Inverse; inversely: obcordate. [New Latin, short for obversē, obversely, from Latin obversus, past participle of obvertere, to turn toward : ob-, toward, against (from ob, toward, against, before; see epi in Indo-European roots) + vertere, to turn; see versus.] |
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prefix meaning "toward, against, across, down," also used as an intensive, from L. ob "toward, against, in the way of, about, before," from PIE base *opi- (cf. Oscan op, Gk. opi- "behind," Hittite appizzis "younger," Lith. ap- "about, near," Gk. epi "on, upon").
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/ob/ prefix Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append "ObSex" (or "Obsex") and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings.
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/ob/ pref. Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append `ObSex' (or `Obsex') and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings.
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Ob-\ [L. ob, prep. Cf. Epi-.] A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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O*bese"\ a. [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.] Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*firm"\, Obfirmate \Ob*firm"ate\, v. t. [L. obfirmatus, p. p. of obfirmare to make steadfast. See Ob-, and Firm, v. t.] To make firm; to harden in resolution. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. Sheldon.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*fus"cate\, a. [L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.] Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also offuscate.] --Sir. T. Elyot.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"i*ter\, adv. [L., on the way; ob (see Ob-) + iter a going, a walk, way.] In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obiter dictum (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n., 2 (a) .| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Objected; p. pr. & vb. n. Objecting.] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see Ob-) + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. [Obs.] Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. --Fairfax. Some strong impediment or other objecting itself. --Hooker. Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and condensed the skies. --Pope. 2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. He gave to him to object his heinous crime. --Spencer. Others object the poverty of the nation. --Addison. The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered. --Whitgift.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. objurare to bind by oath; ob (see Ob-) + jurare to swear, fr. jus right.] A binding by oath. [R.] --Abp. Bramhall.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*jur"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Objurgated; p. pr. & vb. n. Objurgating.] [L. objurgatus, p. p. of objurgare to chide; ob (see Ob-) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See Jury.] To chide; to reprove.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne, for tlatus. See Tolerate.]1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid. 2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n. Oblate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliged; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliging.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob (see Ob-) + ligare to bind. See Ligament, and cf. Obligate.]1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.] He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. --Bacon. 2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something. The obliging power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it. --South. Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. --Tillotson. 3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate. Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar, And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden. The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. --Evelyn. I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. --Mrs. E. Montagu.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr ? slanting.] [Written also oblike.]1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. --Cheyne. 2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. --Drayton. This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. --De Quincey. Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth. 3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. --Baker. Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. Oblique bridge, a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. Oblique case (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See Case, n. Oblique circle (Projection), a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane. Oblique fire (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at. Oblique flank (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm. Oblique leaf. (Bot.) (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position. (b) A leaf having one half different from the other. Oblique line (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it. Oblique motion (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example. Oblique muscle (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball. Oblique narration. See Oblique speech. Oblique planes (Dialing), planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon. Oblique sailing (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian. Oblique speech (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker. Oblique sphere (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on the earth except the poles and the equator. Oblique step (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now practiced. --Wilhelm. Oblique system of co["o]rdinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in which the co["o]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliterating.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see Ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See Letter.]1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*loc"u*tor\, n. [L. oblocutor, obloquutor, fr. obloqui, oblocutus, to speak against; ob (see Ob-) + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] --Bale.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"long\, a. [L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long: cf. F. oblong.] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob`mu*tes"cence\ ([o^]b`m[-u]*t[e^]s"sens), n. [L. obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere to become dumb; ob (see Ob-) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr. mutus dumb.]1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. --Sir T. Browne. 2. A keeping silent or mute. --Paley.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius; ob (see Ob-) + noxius hurtful. See Noxious.]1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to. The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. --Bacon. Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton. Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton. 2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. "The contrived and interested schemes of . . . obnoxious authors." --Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. --Waller. 3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. -- Ob*nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Ob*nox"ious*ness, n. --South.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*nu"bi*late\, v. t. [L. obnubilatus, p. p. of obnubilare to obscure. See Ob-, and Nubilate.] To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] --Burton. -- Ob*nu"bi*la"tion, n. [Obs.] --Beddoes.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*rep"tion\, n. [L. obreptio, fr. obrepere, obreptum, to creep up to; ob (see Ob-) + repere to creep.]1. The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. [Obs.] --Cudworth. 2. (Scots Law) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. --Bell.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. Obscurer; superl. Obscurest.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.Sky.]1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. --Prov. xx. 20. 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. "O base and obscure vulgar." --Shak. "An obscure person." --Atterbury. 4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. 5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] [L. obsecratus, p. p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.] To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. --Cockerman.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"se*quent\, a. [L. obsequens, p. pr. of obsequi; ob (see Ob-) + sequi. See Sequence.] Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [Obs.] --Fotherby.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Observed; p. pr. & vb. n. Observing.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see Ob-) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf.F. observer. See Serve.]1. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. --Ex. xii. 17. He wolde no such cursedness observe. --Chaucer. Must I budge? Must I observe you? --Shak. With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. --Milton. 2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army. 3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*sess"\, v. t. [L. obsessus, p. p. of obsidere to besiege; ob (see Ob-) + sedere to sit.] To besiege; to beset. --Sir T. Elyot.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*sig`il*la"tion\, n. [L. ob (see Ob-) + sigillum a seal.] A sealing up. [Obs.] --Maunder.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*sig"nate\, v. t. [L. obsignated, p. p. of obsignare to seal. See Ob-, and Sign.] To seal; to ratify. [Obs.] --Barrow.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob`so*les"cent\, a. [L. obsolescens, -entis, p. pr. of obsolescere, to wear out gradually, to fall into disuse; ob (see Ob-) + solere to use, be wont.] Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"sta*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. obstaculum, fr. obstare to withstand, oppose; ob (see Ob-) + stare to stand. See Stand. and cf. Oust, v.] That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral. If all obstacles were cut away. And that my path were even to the crown. --Shak. Syn: Impediment; obstuction; hindrance; difficulty. See Impediment, and Obstruction.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf.Destine.]1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope. Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth. 2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions. Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn. -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. -- Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob`sti*pa"tion\, n. [L. obstipatio a close pressure; ob (see Ob-) + stipare to press.]1. The act of stopping up, as a passage. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Med.) Extreme constipation. [Obs.] --Hooper.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to make a noise.] Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city." --Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." --Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B. Jonson. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*struct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obstructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Obstructing.] [L. obstructus, p. p. of obstruere to build up before or against, to obstruct; ob (see Ob-) + struere to pile up. See Structure.]1. To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body. 'T is the obstructed paths of sound shall clear. --Pope. 2. To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation. "Th' impatience of obstructed love." --Johnson. Syn: To bar; barricade; stop; arrest; check; interrupt; clog; choke; impede; retard; embarrass; oppose.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [Cf.L. obstupefacere. See Ob-, and Stupefy.] See Stupefy. [Obs.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtained; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtaining.] [F. obtenir, L. obtinere; ob (see Ob-) + tenere to hold. See Tenable.]1. To hold; to keep; to possess. [Obs.] His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. --Milton. 2. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. Some pray for riches; riches they obtain. --Dryden. By guileful fair words peace may be obtained. --Shak. It may be that I may obtain children by her. --Gen. xvi. 2. Syn: To attain; gain; procure; acquire; win; earn. Usage: See Attain. -- To Obtain, Get, Gain, Earn, Acquire. The idea of getting is common to all these terms. We may, indeed, with only a slight change of sense, substitute get for either of them; as, to get or to gain a prize; to get or to obtain an employment; to get or to earn a living; to get or to acquire a language. To gain is to get by striving; and as this is often a part of our good fortune, the word gain is peculiarly applicable to whatever comes to us fortuitously. Thus, we gain a victory, we gain a cause, we gain an advantage, etc. To earn is to deserve by labor or service; as, to earn good wages; to earn a triumph. Unfortunately, one does not always get or obtain what he has earned. To obtain implies desire for possession, and some effort directed to the attainment of that which is not immediately within our reach. Whatever we thus seek and get, we obtain, whether by our own exertions or those of others; whether by good or bad means; whether permanently, or only for a time. Thus, a man obtains an employment; he obtains an answer to a letter, etc. To acquire is more limited and specific. We acquire what comes to us gradually in the regular exercise of our abilities, while we obtain what comes in any way, provided we desire it. Thus, we acquire knowledge, property, honor, reputation, etc. What we acquire becomes, to a great extent, permanently our own; as, to acquire a language; to acquire habits of industry, etc.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtending.] [L. obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] --Dryden. 2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] --Dryden| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtested; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtesting.] [L. obtestari; ob (see Ob-) + testari to witness, fr. testis a witness.]1. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. [R.] --Dryden. 2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [R.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. --Lock. 2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. --Milton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*tund"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.] [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see Ob-) + tundere to strike or beat. See Stutter.] To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. [Archaic] --Harvey. They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials. --Milton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*un"cous\, a. [L. obuncus; ob (see Ob-) + uncus hooked.] Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. --Maunder.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*ven"tion\, n. [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire to come: cf.F. obvention.] The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering. [Obs.] "Tithes and other obventions." --Spenser. Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, and other casualities and obventions. --Fuller.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*vers"ant\, a. [L. obversans, p. pr. of obversari to hover before; ob (see Ob-) + versare to move about.] Conversant; familiar. [Obs.] --Bacon.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Obverting.] [L. obvertere; ob (see Ob-) + vertere to turn. See Verse.] To turn toward. If its base be obverted towards us. --I. Watts.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obviating.] [L. obviare; ob (see Ob-) + viare to go, fr. via way. See Voyage.]1. To meet in the way. [Obs.] Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. --Fuller. 2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. --Woodward.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] "Obvious to dispute." --Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope. Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest. -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Ob"vo*lute\, Obvoluted \Ob`vo*lu"ted\, a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see Ob-) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc*ca"sion\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), n. [F. occasion, L. occasio, fr. occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see Ob-) + cadere to fall. See Chance, and cf. Occident.]1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident. The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. --I. Taylor. 2. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience. Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me. --Rom. vii. 11. I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death. --Waller. 3. An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause. Her beauty was the occasion of the war. --Dryden. 4. Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms. After we have served ourselves and our own occasions. --Jer. Taylor. When my occasions took me into France. --Burke. 5. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion. Whose manner was, all passengers to stay, And entertain with her occasions sly. --Spenser. On occasion, in case of need; in necessity; as convenience requires; occasionally. "That we might have intelligence from him on occasion," --De Foe. Syn: Need; incident; use. See Opportunity.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc"ci*put\, n.; pl. L. Occipita, E. Occiputs. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + caput head. See Chief.]1. (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc*ci"sion\, n. [L. occisio, fr. occidere, occisium, to cut down, to kill; ob (see Ob-) + caedere to cut.] A killing; the act of killing. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc*clude"\, v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see Ob-) + claudere to shut.]1. To shut up; to close. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc*crus"tate\, v. t. [See Ob-, and Crustated.] To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc*cult"\, a. [L. occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover up, hide; ob (see Ob-) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf. F. occulte.] Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown. It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. --I. Taylor. Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan. Occult qualities, those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen. Occult sciences, those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occupied; p. pr. & vb. n. Occupying.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare; ob (see Ob-) + a word akin to capere to take. See Capacious.]1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess. Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness. --Chaucer. The better apartments were already occupied. --W. Irving. 2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel. 3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy. An archbishop may have cause to occupy more chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute (Hen. VIII. ) They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2 Macc. viii. 27. 4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.] All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii. 9. Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.] All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex. xxxviii. 24. They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Occurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Occurring.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see Ob-) + currere to run. See Course.]1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. --Bentley. 2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.] I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley. 3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs. In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as "heir" in our author's sense. --Locke. 4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory. There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. --Bacon.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb. n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob (see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See Defend.]1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To displease; to make angry; to affront. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. --Prov. xviii. 19. 3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience. 4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.] Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak. 5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.] Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer. If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt. v. 29, 3O. Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix. 165.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Of"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offered; p. pr. & vb. n. Offering.] [OE. offren, AS. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see OB-) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin. See 1st Bear.]1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. --Ex. xxix. 36. A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. --1 Pet. ii. 5. 2. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage. I offer thee three things. --2 Sam. xxiv. 12. 3. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me. 4. To attempt; to undertake. All that offer to defend him. --Shak. 5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward. 6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc. Syn: To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice; immolate.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Og`ga*ni"tion\, n. [L. oggannire to snarl at; ob (see Ob-) + gannire to yelp.] Snarling; grumbling. [R.] --Bp. Montagu.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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O*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Omitting.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission.]1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon. 2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect. Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. --Addison.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*pig"ner*ate\, v. i. [L. oppigneratus, p. p. of oppignerare to pawn. See Ob-, and Pignerate.] To pledge; to pawn. [Obs.] --Bacon.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op"pi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Oppilating.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see Ob-) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] --Cockeram.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*plete"\, Oppleted \Op*plet"ed\, a. [L. oppletus, p. p. of opplere to fill up; ob (see Ob-) + plere to fill.] Filled; crowded. [Obs.] --Johnson.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*po"nent\, a. [L. opponens, -entis, p. pr. of opponere to set or place against, to oppose; ob (see Ob-) + ponere to place. See Position.] Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. --Pope.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit., at or before the port; ob (see Ob-) + a derivative of portus port, harbor. See Port harbor.] Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton. This is most opportune to our need. --Shak. -- Op`por*tune"ly, adv. -- Op`por*tune"ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Opposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Opposing.] [F. opposer. See Ob-, Pose, and cf.2d Appose, Puzzle, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.]1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. --Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically. I may . . . oppose my single opinion to his. --Locke. 3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress. 4. To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize. I am . . . too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. Syn: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn; contravene; check; obstruct.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L. oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to press. See Press.]1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif. For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! --Milton. 2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak. 4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum reproach, disgrace.] Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De Quincey.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Op*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppugned; p pr. & vb. n. Oppugning.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight. See Impugn.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. --Clarendon.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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