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OBLONGLY, Ab-lung'le, ad. In an oblongdirection.
OBLONGNESS, Ab'lAng-nls, s. The state
of being oblong.
OBLOQUY, Ab'lA-kwe, s. 345. Censorious
speech, blame, slander; cause of reproach,disgrace. , . , 2
OBMUTESCENCE, Ab-mu-tes sense, s.510. Loss of speech.
OBNOXIOUS, 8l>-n8k'shus, a. Subject;
liable to punishment; liable, exposed.OBNOXIOUSNESS, ob-mik'shus-ngs, s.
Subjection, fiableness to punishment.OBNOXIOUSLY, 8b-n8k'shus-le, ad. Ina state of subjection, in the state of one liableto punishment.
To OBNUBILATE, 8b-nu b£-lke, v. a. Tocloud, to obscure.
OBOLE, 6b'ole, s. 543, 544. In pharmacy,twelve prams.
OBREPTION, 6b-rep'shun, s. The act ofcreepinp on.
OBSCENE, 8b-s£en', a. Immodest, notagreeable to chastity of mind ; offensive, dis-puting; inauspicious, ill-omened.OBSCENELY, 6b-s&en'le, ad. In an im-pure and unchaste manner.OBSCENENESS, 8b-s£en'nis,*> s. 511.1m-OBSCENITY, 6b-sen'nfc-te, j purity ofthought or language, unchastity, lewdness.OBSCURATION, 8b-sku-ra ; shun, s. Theact of darkening ; a state of being darkened.OBSCURE, 8b-skure', a. Dark, unenlight-ened, gloomv, hindering sight; living in thedark; abstruse, difficult; not noted.
To OBSCURE, &b-skftre', r. a. To darken,to make dark ; to make less visible ; to makeless intelligible ; to make less glorious, beau-tiful, or illustrious.
OBSCURELY, db-skure'le, ad. Not bright-ly, not luminously ; out of sight, privately;not clearly, not plainly.
OBSCURENESS, Ob-skftre'nes, *? s. Dark-OBSCURITY, 6b-skh're-te, J ness,want of light; unnoticed state, privacy;darkness of meaning.
OBSECRATION, Ab-se-kra shun, s. En-treaty, supplication.
OBSEQUIES, ob'se-kwlz, s. 283. Funeral
* rites, funeral solemnities. ' It is found in thesingular, hut not much used.OBSEQUIOUS, 6b-sekwe-us, a. Obedi-ent, compliant, not resisting; in Shakespeare ,funereal. . .
OBSEQUIOUSLY, Ob-se'kwe-us-le, ad.Obediently, with compliance ; in Shakespeare
it signifies with funeral rites.
OBSEQUIOUSNESS, 5b-se'kwe-us-nes, s.
Obedience, compliance-OBSERVABLE, 8b-z6rvd-bl, a. Remarka-
ble, eminent. , . ,
OBSERVABLY, Ab-zer va-blA, ad. In amanner worthy of note.
OBSERVANCE, 8b-zer'vanse, s. Respect ,ceremonial reverence ; religious rite ; attentivepractice ; rule of practice ; observation, atten-tion; obedient regard.
OBSERVANT, db-zer'vilnt, a. Attentive,diligent, watchful; respectfully attentive,meanly dutiful, submissive.
OBSERVATION, db-zer-v&'shun, s. Theact of observing, noting, or remarking; notiongained by observing, note, remark *
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OBSERVATOR, Sb-zir-v&'tur, s. 1G0, 521One that observes, a remarker.
OBSERVATORY , 6b-zer'vtUur-e, a. Aplace built for astronomical observation.
For the accent of this word, see Principles , No.
512 .
To OBSERVE, 8b-zerv', v. a . To watch,to regard attentively ; to find by attention, tonote ; to regard or keep religiously; to obeyto follow.
To OBSERVE, db-zerv', v. n. To be atten-tive; to make a remark.
OBSERVER, 8b-zerv'ur, s. One who looksvigilantly on persons and things; one wholooks on, the beholder; one who keeps anylaw nr custom, or practice.
OBSERVINGLY, Ab-zerMng-le, ad. At-tentively, carefully.
OBSESSION, ib-sesh'un, a. The act ofbesieging.
OBSIDIONAL, 8b-8ld'e-un-al, or 8b-sld'je-un4l, a. 293. Belonging to a siege.
OBSOLETE, iSb'sA-lete, a. Worn out ofuse, disused, unfashionable.
OBSOLETENESS , 8b's6-lete-nes, a. Stateof being worn out of use, unfashionublencss.
OBSTACLE, 3b'sti-kl, a. 405. Somethingopposed, hindrance, obstruction.
OBSTETRICATION, db-stet-tre-kk'ahun,s. The office of a midwife.
OBSTETRICK, ob-stet'trik, a. 509. Mid-wifish, befitting a midwife, doing the midwife’soffice.
OBSTINACY, Ab'ste-ni-se, s. Stubborn-ness, contumacy, persistency.
OBSTINATE, ”8b'ste-nate, a. 91. Stubborn,contumacious, fixed in resolution.
OBSTINATELY, Ab'ste-nate-le, ad. Stub-bornly, inflexibly.
OBSTINATENESS, 8b't>te-nlite-nes, s.Stubbornness.
OBSTIPATION , Ab-stA-pA'shun, s. The
act of stopping up any passage.
OBSTREPEROUS, db-strep'per-us, a.Loud, clamorous, turbulent.
OBSTREPEROUSLY, 8b-strep'per-rus-le,ad. Loudiv, clamorously.
OBSTREPliROUSNESS, Ab-strep'per-rus-nls, s. Loudness, clamour, noise.
OBSTRICTION, Ab-strik'shun, s. Obliga-tion, bond.
To OBSTRUCT, Ab-strukl', v. a. To hin-der, to be in the way of, to block up, to bar;to oppose, to retard.
OBSTRUl TER, db-strukt'Qr, 98- ° no
that hinders or opposes. 2
OBSTRUCTION, Ab-strukshun, s. Hin-drance, difficulty; obstacle, impediment,confinement; in phystek, the blocking up ofany canal in the human bodj, so as to preventthe flowing of any fluid through it,
OBSTRUCTIVE, 8b-struk'liv, a. Ilinder-inu, causing impediment.
OBSTRUCTIVE, 8b-struk't1v, a. Impedi-ment, obstacle.
OBSTRUENT , 8b'stru-ent, a. Hindering,blocking up.
OBSTUPEEACTION, Ab-stu-pe-fak'shun;s. A stoppage of the exercise of the mentalpowers.
ORSTUPEFACTIVE, 8b-stft-p£-filk'ttv,512 Obstructing the mental power*.