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Oblige
() To attach, as by a bond.
Oblige
() To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
Oblige
() To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
Obligee
() The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.
Obligement
() Obligation.
Obliger
() One who, or that which, obliges.
Obliging
() Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.
Obligor
() The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
Obliquation
() The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes.
Obliquation
() Deviation from moral rectitude.
Oblique
() Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
Oblique
() Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
Oblique
() Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Oblique
() An oblique line.
Obliqued
() of Oblique
Obliquing
() of Oblique
Oblique
() To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Oblique
() To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Oblique-angled
() Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
Obliquely
() In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.
Obliqueness
() Quality or state of being oblique.
Obliquities
() of Obliquity
Obliquity
() The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
Obliquity
() Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
Oblite
() Indistinct; slurred over.
Obliterated
() of Obliterate
Obliterating
() of Obliterate
Obliterate
() To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
Obliterate
() To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
Obliterate
() Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
Obliteration
() The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.
Obliterative
() Tending or serving to obliterate.
Oblivion
() The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Oblivion
() Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion.
Oblivious
() Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.
Oblivious
() Evincing oblivion; forgetful.
Oblocutor
() A disputer; a gainsayer.
Oblong
() Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
Oblong
() A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
Oblongata
() The medulla oblongata.
Oblongatal
() Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.
Oblongish
() Somewhat oblong.
Oblongly
() In an oblong form.
Oblongness
() State or quality of being oblong.
Oblong-ovate
() Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
Oblonga
() of Oblongum
Oblongum
() A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Obloquious
() Containing obloquy; reproachful
Obloquy
() Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Obloquy
() Cause of reproach; disgrace.