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nor 167, nflt 163—tibe 171, tub 172, bull 173—o?l 299—po&nd 313—Min 406, this 469.
OBDURATION, <5b-ji\-rJi'sbun, s. Hardness
of heart.
OBDURED, 5b-diir’d', a. 359. Hardened,inflexible.
OBEDIENCE, 6-bc'j£-ense, a. 293, 376.Obsequiousness, submission to authority.
£3* The o which forms the first syllable of this word,though not under the accent, may occasionally be pro-nounced as long and open as the o in oval, over , &c.see Efface ; anti though in rapid pronunciation it ad-mits of a short obscure sound, common to some of theother vowels when unaccented, yet its radical sound,or that which it acquires on the least distinctness orsolemnity, is undoubtedly the long open o before men-tioned. Thus in that fugitive pronunciation whichlias no existence but in the ear, and can hardly be ex-pressed to the eye by a correspondent sound, we per-ceive very little difference in the sound of the initialvowels of abound, upbraid, and obedience; yet, themoment we dwell with the least distinctness on theseletters, the a, in abound, verges to the a in father ;the u has the short sound we hear in the prepositionup; and the o in obedience becomes open, as the firstsound ot that letter in the alphabet. The same may beobserved of the o in opaque, opinion, and every initialo ending a syllable immediately before the accent.—See Principles, No. yS.
OBEDIENT , A-be'je-ent, a. Submissive toauthority, compliant with command or prohi-bition, obsequious.
OBEDIENTIAL, o-bc-je-en'sh4l, a. Ac-
cording to the rule of obedience.
OBEDIENTLY, A-bc'je-ent-le, ad. Withobedience.
OBEISANCE, A-bA'sAnse, j. 250. A bow,a courtesy, an act of reverence.
1 most retract my former pronunciation of thisword, which made the diphthong ei like e in obedience,and adopt the sound of a as iu the ey of obey. For theformer sound we have Mr. Sheridan. Dr. Kenrick,and Mr. Perry ; and for the latter Mr. Nares, Mr.Elphinston, Mr. Scott, and W. Johnston. But, if theauthorities for this pronunciation were less weightythan they are, analogy would be clearly on the side Ihave adopted, as ei, when under the accent, is muchmore frequently pronounced like ey in obey than likeey in key ; the latter word and Icy being the only ex-ceptions to the general rule of pronouncing ey whenaccented ; and these letters, we know, aro perfectlyequivalent to 296.
OBELISK , 8b'£-l1sk, s. A magnificent highpiece of marble or stone, having usually fourfaces, and lessening upwards by degrees.OBEOUITATIONi ob-ek-kwe-ta'shun, s.
The act of riding about.
OBERRATION, Sb-£r-ra'shun, s. The act
of wandering about.
OBESE, o-bese', a. Fat, loaden with flesh.OBESENESS, 6-bese'nes, )s. Morbid fat-OBESITY, A-b£s'se-tfc, S ness.
To OBEY, A-ba', r. a. To pay submission to,to comply with, from reverence to authority.OBJECT, flb'jekt, s. 492. That about whichany power or faculty is employed ; somethingpresented to the senses to raise any afl'ectionor emotion in the mind.
To OBJECT, 6b-jekt', r. a. To oppose, topresent in opposition ; to propose as a chargecriminal, or a reason adverse.
OBJECTION, db-jek'shun, s. The act of
presenting anything in opposition: adverseargument; fault found.
OBJECTIVE, 6b-jlk'tlv, a. Belonging tothe object, contained in the object; made anobject; proposed as an object.OBJECTIVELY, Ab-jlk'tiv-li, ad. Inmanner of an object.
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OBJECTIVENESS, Ab-jek'tiv-nls, *. Thestate of being an object.
OBJECTOR, 6b-jek'tur, s. 166. Oneoilers objections. .
OBIT , &'b?t, s. Funeral obsequies.
Tu OBJURGATE, Ab-jur'gate, v. a.chide, to reprove.
OBJURGATION, ftb-jur-ga'shun, «.proof, reprehension.
OBJURGATORY, ob-jur'gii-tur-ro, a.prehensory, chiding.
£3* For the last o, see Domcstick ; aud, for the ac-cent, No. 512.
OBLATE, tSb-late', a. Flatted at the poles.Used of a spheroid.
OBLATION, 6b-l4'shun, s. An offering, aOBLECTATION, Ab-lek-ti'sliun, a. De-
light, pleasure.
To OBLIGATE, AblA-g&te, r. a. To bindby contractor duty.
OBLIGATION, db-Ii-gVshun, *. The bind-ing powered airy oath, vow, duty, or contract;an act which binds any man to some perform-ance; favour by whicli one is bound to gratitudeOBLIGATORY, 8b'li-ga-tur-e, a. 512. Im-
posing an obligation, binding, coercive.
T- OBLIGE,[JllSfe. J -£££££.
tion, to compel to something; to lay obliga-tions of gratitude ; to please, to gratify.—SeePrinciples, No. 111.
OBLIGEE, 6b-le-jee', s. The person whobinds another by a legal or written contract.OBLIGEMENT,6-blidje'ment,or 6-bl£edje'-ment, s. Obligation.
OBLIGER, i-blVjur, or A-blee'jur, s . Hewho obliges.
OBLIGING, A-blVjing, or A-blii'jlng, part.
a. Civil, complaisant, respectful, engacing.OBLIGINGLY, A-bli'jfag-le, or o-blee'jing-14, ad. Complaisantly.OBLIGINGNESS, 6-bli'j?ng-n£s, or A-bl£e'-jlng-nes, s. Complaisance.
OBLIGOR, 6b-le-gor / , s. He who bindshimself by contract.
OBLIQUATION, 6b-le-kw t Ysh6n, s. De-clination from perpendicularity, obliquity.
OBLIQUE, <ft>-like', a. 158,415. Not direct,
not perpendicular, not parallel ; not direct,useci of sense; in grammar, any case in nounsexcept the nominative.
OBLIQUELY, Ab-likeli, ad. Not directly,
not perpendicularly ; not in the immediate ordirect meaning.
OBLIQUENESS, 6b-like'n|s, \s. DeviationOBLIQUITY, 6b-llk'we-te, S from phy-sical rectitude ; deviation from parallelism orperpendicularity ; deviation from moral recti-tude.
To OBLITERATE, 6b-tit'ter-rite, v. a. Toefface anj" thing written ; to wear out, todestroy, to efface. , , t/ , 2
OBLITERATION, 6b-l?t-ter-rk shfin,
Effacement, extinction.
OBLIVION, A-bllv've-un, *. 113. Forget fulness , cessation of remembrance ; amnesty ,general pardon of crimes in a state.OBLIVIOUS, o-bliv've-us, a. Causing for-getfulness.
OBLONG, to/long, a. Longer than broad.
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