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o⋅bit

[oh-bit for 1; oh-bit, ob-it for 2, 3; especially Brit. ob-it for 1–3]
–noun
1. Informal. an obituary.
2. the date of a person's death.
3. Obsolete. a Requiem Mass.

Origin:
1325–75; ME obite < L obitus death, equiv. to obi- (s. of obīre to meet, meet one's death, die; ob- ob- + īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
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o·bit   (ō'bĭt, ō-bĭt')   
n.   Informal
An obituary.

[Middle English, death, record of date of death, from Old French, death, from Latin obitus; see obituary.]
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Word Origin & History

obit 
c.1375, "death," from L. obitus "death," pp. of obire, lit. "to go toward" (see obituary). In modern usage (since 1874) it is usually a clipped form of obituary, though it had the same meaning of "published death notice" 15c.-17c. The scholarly abbreviation ob. with date is from L. obiit "(he) died," third person sing. of obire.
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