Dictionary
Showing 201-250 of 4443 results
Obsecrating
() of Obsecrate
Obsecrate
() To beseech; to supplicate; to implore.
Obsecration
() The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with \"By.\"
Obsecration
() A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.
Obsecratory
() Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory.
Obsequent
() Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
Obsequience
() Obsequiousness.
Obsequies
() See Obsequy.
Obsequious
() Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
Obsequious
() Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
Obsequious
() Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
Obsequiously
() In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.
Obsequiously
() In a manner appropriate to obsequies.
Obsequiousness
() The quality or state of being obsequious.
Obsequies
() of Obsequy
Obsequy
() The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural.
Obsequy
() Obsequiousness.
Observable
() Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.
Observance
() The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.
Observance
() An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.
Observance
() Servile attention; sycophancy.
Observancy
() Observance.
Observanda
() of Observandum
Observandum
() A thing to be observed.
Observant
() Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.
Observant
() Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules.
Observant
() One who observes forms and rules.
Observant
() A sycophantic servant.
Observant
() An Observantine.
Observantine
() One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.
Observantly
() In an observant manner.
Observation
() The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.
Observation
() The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.
Observation
() Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.
Observation
() Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
Observation
() The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.
Observation
() Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.
Observation
() The information so acquired.
Observational
() Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations.
Observative
() Observing; watchful.
Observator
() One who observes or takes notice.
Observator
() One who makes a remark.
Observatories
() of Observatory
Observatory
() A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies.
Observatory
() A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena.
Observatory
() A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded.
Observatory
() A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire.
Observed
() of Observe
Observing
() of Observe
Observe
() To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.