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OBSCE'NENESS, OBSCEN'ITY, n. [L. obscaenitas.] 1. Impurity in expression or repr...
OBSCURA'TION, n. [L. obscuratio.] 1. The act of darkening. 2. The state of being...
OBSCU'RE, a. [L. obscurus.] 1. Dark; destitute of light. Whoso curseth his fathe...
OBSCU'RELY, adv. 1. Darkly; not clearly; imperfectly; as an object obscurely See...
OBSCU'RENESS, OBSCU'RITY, n. [L. obscuritas.] 1. Darkness; want of light. We wai...
OB'SECRATE, v.t. [L. obsecro.] To beseech; to intreat; to supplicate; to pray ea...
OBSECRA'TION, n. 1. Intreaty; supplication. 2. A figure of rhetoric, in which th...
OB'SEQUENT, a. [L. obsequens.] Obedient; submissive to. [Little used.]
OB'SEQUIES, n. plu. [L. obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow.] Fune...
OBSE'QUIOUS, a. [from L. obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow; ob a...
OBSE'QUIOUSLY, adv. 1. With ready obedience; with prompt compliance. They rise a...
OBSE'QUIOUSNESS, n. 1. Ready obedience; prompt compliance with the orders of a s...
OBSERV'ABLE, a. s as z. [See Observe .] 1. That may be observed or noticed. 2. W...
OBSERV'ABLY, adv. s as z. In a manner worthy of note.
OBSERV'ANCE, n. s as z. 1. The act of observing; the act of keeping or adhering ...
OBSERVAND'A, n. plu. s as z. [L.] Things to be observed.