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–adjective

flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).

[Origin: 1695–1705; < NL oblātus lengthened, equiv. to L ob- ob- + (prō)lātus prolate

]

—Related forms

ob·late·ly, adverb

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ob·late2

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–noun

1.	a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.

2.	a lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work.

[Origin: 1860–65; < ML oblātus, suppletive ptp. of offerre to offer

]

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adj.

Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles: Planet Earth is an oblate solid.

[Probably New Latin oblātus : Latin ob-, toward; see ob- + Latin (prō)lātus; see prolate.]

ob'late'ly adv., ob'late'ness n.

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n.

A layperson dedicated to religious life.
Oblate Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities for men or women.

[Medieval Latin oblātus, from Latin, past participle of offerre, to offer; see offer.]

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oblate (adj.)

"flattened on the ends," 1705, from L. ob "toward" + latus, abstracted from its opposite, prolatus "lengthened" (see oblate (n.)).

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oblate (n.)

"person devoted to religious work," 1756, from M.L. oblatus, noun use of L. oblatus, variant pp. of L. offerre "to offer, to bring before" (latus "carried, borne" used as suppletive pp. of ferre "to bear"), from *tlatos, from PIE base *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (see extol).

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oblate
adjective
1.	having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles [ant: prolate]
noun
1.	a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

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Oblate

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.