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Objective
() An object glass. See under Object, n.
Objective
() Same as Objective point, under Objective, a.
Objectively
() In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind.
Objectiveness
() Objectivity.
Objectivity
() The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.
Obectize
() To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.
Objectless
() Having no object; purposeless.
Objector
() One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
Objibways
() See Chippeways.
Objicient
() One who makes objection; an objector.
Objuration
() A binding by oath.
Objurgated
() of Objurgate
Objurgating
() of Objurgate
Objurgate
() To chide; to reprove.
Objurgation
() The act of objurgating; reproof.
Objurgatory
() Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.
Oblanceolate
() Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
Oblate
() Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
Oblate
() Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n.
Oblate
() 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.
Oblate
() One of the Oblati.
Oblateness
() The quality or state of being oblate.
Oblati
() Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
Oblati
() A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
Oblation
() The act of offering, or of making an offering.
Oblation
() Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
Oblation
() 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.
Oblationer
() One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.
Oblatrate
() To bark or snarl, as a dog.
Oblatration
() The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.
Oblata
() of Oblatum
Oblatum
() An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.
Oblectate
() To delight; to please greatly.
Oblectation
() The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.
Obligable
() Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.
Obligated
() of Obligate
Obligating
() of Obligate
Obligate
() To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
Obligate
() 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.
Obligation
() The act of obligating.
Obligation
() 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.
Obligation
() 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.
Obligation
() 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.
Obligation
() 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.
Obligato
() See Obbligato.
Obligatorily
() In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.
Obligatoriness
() The quality or state of being obligatory.
Obligatory
() 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.
Obliged
() of Oblige
Obliging
() of Oblige