Ob"ject*ize (?), v. t. To make an object of; to regard as an object; to
place in the position of an object.
In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and
affections.
Coleridge.
Ob"ject*less, a. Having no object; purposeless.
Ob*ject"or (?), n. [L., an accuser.] One who objects; one who offers
objections to a proposition or measure.
Ob*jib"ways (?), n. pl. See Chippeways.
Ob*jic"i*ent (?), n. [L. objiciens, p. pr. of objicere to object.] One
who makes objection; an objector. [R.] Cardinal Wiseman.
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.
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.
Ob`jur*ga"tion (?), n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F. objurgation.] The act of
objurgating; reproof.
While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr. Ben
Allen.
Dickens.
With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
Landor.
Ob*jur"ga*to*ry (?), a. [L. objurgatorius.] Designed to objurgate or
chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. Bancroft.
The objurgatory question of the Pharisees.
Paley.
Ob*lan"ce*o*late (?), a. [Pref. ob- + lanceolate.] Lanceolate in the
reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more
than toward the apex.
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.
Ob*late", n. [From Oblate, a.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) One of an association of
priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service
of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of
women, called oblates. (b) One of the Oblati.
Ob*late"ness, n. The quality or state of being oblate.
||Ob*la"ti (?), n. pl. [LL., fr. L. oblatus. See Oblate.] (R.C.Ch.) (a)
||Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state. (b) A
||class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered
||themselves and their property to a monastery. Addis & Arnold.
Ob*la"tion (?), n. [L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See Oblate.] 1. The
act of offering, or of making an offering. Locke.
2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an
offering; a sacrifice.
A peculiar . . . oblation given to God.
Jer. Taylor.
A pin was the usual oblation.
Sir. W. Scott.
3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the
eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
Ob*la"tion*er (?), n. One who makes an offering as an act worship or
reverence. Dr. H. More.
Ob*la"trate (?), v. i. [L. oblatratus, p. p. of oblatrare to bark
against.] To bark or snarl, as a dog. [Obs.]
Ob`la*tra"tion (?), n. The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.
Bp. Hall.
||Ob*la"tum (?), n.; pl. Oblata (#). [NL. See Oblate.] (Geom.) An
||oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse
||about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.
Ob*lec"tate (?), v. t. [L. oblectatus, p. p. of oblectare.] To delight;
to please greatly. [Obs.]
Ob"lec*ta"tion (?), n. [L. oblectatio.] The act of pleasing highly; the
state of being greatly pleased; delight. [R.] Feltham.
Ob"li*ga*ble (?), a. Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation;
trustworthy. [R.]
The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can
come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and
another is not.
Emerson.
Ob"li*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Obligating.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See Oblige.] 1. To bring
or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining
motive. "Obligated by a sense of duty." Proudfit.
That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of
state.
Churchill.
2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind
to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly
occupations.
Landor.
Ob"li*ga"tion (?), n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See Oblige.] 1. The
act of obligating.
2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise,
contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or
moral duty.
A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a proson.
Fuller.
3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for
anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law,
promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy,
kindness, etc.
Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties
extend beyond obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and
intentions, as well as the actions.
Whewell.
4. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted
for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations
to one.
5. (Law) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for
nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to
pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
Days of obligation. See under Day.
||Ob"li*ga"to (?), a. [It.] See Obbligato.
Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In an obligatory manner; by reason of
obligation. Foxe.
Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ness, n. The quality or state of being obligatory.
Ob"li*ga*to*ry (?), a. [L. obligatorius: cf.F. obligatoire.] Binding in
law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance
or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as,
obedience is obligatory on a soldier.
As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due.
Jer. Taylor.
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.