English Dictionary: obscuridade | by the DICT Development Group |
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Obcordate \Ob*cor"date\, a. [Pref. ob- + cordate.] Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf. | |
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Objuration \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. | |
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Objurgate \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. | |
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Objurgate \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. | |
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Objurgate \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. | |
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Objurgation \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. | |
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Objurgatory \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. | |
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Obscurant \Ob*scur"ant\, n. [L. obscurans, p. pr. of obscurare to obscure.] One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom. --Coleridge. | |
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Obscurantism \Ob*scur"ant*ism\, n. The system or the principles of the obscurants. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Obscurantist \Ob*scur"ant*ist\, n. Same as {Obscurant}. --Ed. Rev. | |
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Obscuration \Ob`scu*ra"tion\, n. [L. obscurativ: cf.F. obscuration. See {Obscure}, v. t. ] The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obscured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obscuring}.] [L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See {Obscure}, a.] To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. --Shak. Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured. --Shak. There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. --Wake. And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. {Obscurer}; superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see {Ob-}) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.{Sky}.] 1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. --Prov. xx. 20. 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. [bd]O base and obscure vulgar.[b8] --Shak. [bd]An obscure person.[b8] --Atterbury. 4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. 5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. {Obscure rays} (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [Obs.] How! There's bad news. I must obscure, and hear it. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, n. Obscurity. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. {Obscurer}; superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see {Ob-}) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.{Sky}.] 1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. --Prov. xx. 20. 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. [bd]O base and obscure vulgar.[b8] --Shak. [bd]An obscure person.[b8] --Atterbury. 4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. 5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. {Obscure rays} (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obscured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obscuring}.] [L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See {Obscure}, a.] To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. --Shak. Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured. --Shak. There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. --Wake. And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden. | |
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Obscurely \Ob*scure"ly\, adv. In an obscure manner. --Milton. | |
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Obscurement \Ob*scure"ment\, n. The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. --Pomfret. | |
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Obscureness \Ob*scure"ness\, n. Obscurity. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Obscurer \Ob*scur"er\, n. One who, or that which, obscures. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. {Obscurer}; superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see {Ob-}) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.{Sky}.] 1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. --Prov. xx. 20. 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. [bd]O base and obscure vulgar.[b8] --Shak. [bd]An obscure person.[b8] --Atterbury. 4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. 5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. {Obscure rays} (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. {Obscurer}; superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see {Ob-}) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.{Sky}.] 1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. --Prov. xx. 20. 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. [bd]O base and obscure vulgar.[b8] --Shak. [bd]An obscure person.[b8] --Atterbury. 4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. 5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. {Obscure rays} (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct. | |
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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obscured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obscuring}.] [L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See {Obscure}, a.] To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. --Shak. Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured. --Shak. There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. --Wake. And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden. | |
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Obscurity \Ob*scu"ri*ty\, n. [L. obscuritas: cf. F. obscurit[82].] The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. Yuo are not for obscurity designed. --Dryden. They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair. --Macaulay. Syn: {Darkness}; dimness; gloom. See {Darkness}. | |
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Observable \Ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. observabilis: cf.F. observable.] Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. --Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. --Southey. -- {Ob*serv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ob*serv"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Observable \Ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. observabilis: cf.F. observable.] Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. --Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. --Southey. -- {Ob*serv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ob*serv"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Observable \Ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. observabilis: cf.F. observable.] Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. --Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. --Southey. -- {Ob*serv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ob*serv"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Observance \Ob*serv"ance\, n. [F. observance, L. observantia. See {Observant}.] 1. 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. It is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance. --Shak. 2. 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. At dances These young folk kept their observances. --Chaucer. Use all the observance of civility. --Shak. Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few easy observances. --Rogers. O I that wasted time to tend upon her, To compass her with sweet observances! --Tennyson. 3. Servile attention; sycophancy. [Obs.] Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get, Served with observance. --Chapman. This is not atheism, But court observance. --Beau. & Fl. Syn: {Observance}, {Observation}. These words are discriminated by the two distinct senses of observe. To observe means (1) to keep strictly; as, to observe a fast day, and hence, observance denotes the keeping or heeding with strictness; (2) to consider attentively, or to remark; and hence, observation denotes either the act of observing, or some remark made as the result thereof. We do not say the observation of Sunday, though the word was formerly so used. The Pharisees were curious in external observances; the astronomers are curious in celestial observations. Love rigid honesty, And strict observance of impartial laws. --Roscommon. | |
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Observancy \Ob*serv"an*cy\, n. Observance. [Obs.] | |
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d8Observandum \[d8]Ob*ser`van"dum\, n.; pl. {Observanda}. [L.] A thing to be observed. --Swift. | |
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Observant \Ob*serv"ant\, n. 1. One who observes forms and rules. [Obs.] --Hooker. 2. A sycophantic servant. [Obs.] Silly ducking observants, That stretch their duties nicely. --Shak. 3. (R.C.Ch.) An Observantine. | |
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Observant \Ob*serv"ant\, a. [L. observans, -anits, p. pr. of observare: cf. F. observant. See {Observe}.] 1. Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits. Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd. --Pope. 2. Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules. We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle. --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Observantine \Ob`ser*van"tine\, n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.) 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}. | |
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Observantly \Ob*serv"ant*ly\, adv. In an observant manner. | |
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Observantine \Ob`ser*van"tine\, n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.) 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}. | |
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Observation \Ob`ser*va"tion\, n. [L. observatio: cf.F. observation.] 1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. My observation, which very seldom lies. --Shak. 2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment. In matters of human prudence, we shall find the greatest advantage in making wise observations on our conduct. --I. Watts. 3. Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark. [bd]That's a foolish observation.[b8] --Shak. To observations which ourselves we make We grow more partial for the observer's sake. --Pope. 4. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance. [Obs.] We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances. --Jer. Taylor. 5. (Science) (a) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal. (b) 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. (c) The information so acquired. Note: When a phenomenon is scrutinized as it occurs in nature, the act is termed an observation. When the conditions under which the phenomenon occurs are artificial, or arranged beforehand by the observer, the process is called an experiment. Experiment includes observation. {To take an observation} (Naut.), to ascertain the altitude of a heavenly body, with a view to fixing a vessel's position at sea. Syn: Observance; notice; attention; remark; comment; note. See {Observance}. | |
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Observation car \Ob`ser*va"tion car\ A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear. | |
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Observational \Ob`ser*va"tion*al\, a. Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations. --Chalmers. | |
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Observative \Ob*serv"a*tive\, a. Observing; watchful. | |
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Observator \Ob"ser*va`tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who observes or takes notice. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 2. One who makes a remark. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Observatory \Ob*serv"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Observatories}. [Cf. F. observatoire.] 1. A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. --Evelyn. 2. A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena. 3. A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded. 4. (Mil.) A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire. --Farrow. | |
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Observatory \Ob*serv"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Observatories}. [Cf. F. observatoire.] 1. A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. --Evelyn. 2. A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena. 3. A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded. 4. (Mil.) A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire. --Farrow. | |
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Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Observed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Observing}.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see {Ob-}) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf.F. observer. See {Serve}.] 1. 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. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. --Ex. xii. 17. He wolde no such cursedness observe. --Chaucer. Must I budge? Must I observe you? --Shak. With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. --Milton. 2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army. 3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark. | |
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Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. i. 1. To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend. 2. To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon. | |
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Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Observed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Observing}.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see {Ob-}) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf.F. observer. See {Serve}.] 1. 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. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. --Ex. xii. 17. He wolde no such cursedness observe. --Chaucer. Must I budge? Must I observe you? --Shak. With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. --Milton. 2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army. 3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark. | |
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Observer \Ob*serv"er\, n. 1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. The observed of all observers. --Shak. Careful observers may foretell the hour, By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift. 2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. [bd]Diligent observers of old customs.[b8] --Spenser. These . . . hearkend unto observers of times. --Deut. xviii. 14. 3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises. 4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Observership \Ob*serv"er*ship\, n. The office or work of an observer. | |
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Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Observed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Observing}.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see {Ob-}) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf.F. observer. See {Serve}.] 1. 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. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. --Ex. xii. 17. He wolde no such cursedness observe. --Chaucer. Must I budge? Must I observe you? --Shak. With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. --Milton. 2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army. 3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark. | |
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Observing \Ob*serv"ing\, a. Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind. | |
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-- {Ob*serv"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Certain \Cer"tain\, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. [?] to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.] 1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. --Dryden. I myself am certain of you. --Wyclif. 2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. 3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. --Dan. ii. 45. 4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. --Dryden. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. --Shak. 5. Unfailing; infallible. I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. --Mead. 6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. --Ex. xvi. 4. 7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. It came to pass when he was in a certain city. --Luke. v. 12. About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. --Macaulay. {For certain}, assuredly. {Of a certain}, certainly. Syn: Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated. | |
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Certainty \Cer"tain*ty\, n.; pl. {Certainties}. [OF. certainet[82].] 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. --Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth unquestionable established. Certainties are uninteresting and sating. --Landor. 3. (Law) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. {Of a certainty}, certainly. | |
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Vertex \Ver"tex\, n.; pl. {Vertexes}, L. {Vertices}. [L. vertex, -icis, a whirl, top of the head, top, summit, from vertere to turn. See {Verse}, and cf. {Vortex}.] A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) The top, or crown, of the head. (b) (Anat.) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead. (c) (Math.) The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base. Note: The principal vertex of a conic section is, in the parabola, the vertex of the axis of the curve: in the ellipse, either extremity of either axis, but usually the left-hand vertex of the transverse axis; in the hyperbola, either vertex, but usually the right-hand vertex of the transverse axis. {Vertex of a curve} (Math.), the point in which the axis of the curve intersects it. {Vertex of an angle} (Math.), the point in which the sides of the angle meet. {Vertex of a solid}, [or] {of a surface of revolution} (Math.), the point in which the axis pierces the surface. | |
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Course \Course\ (k?rs), n. [F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. --Acts xxi. 7. 2. The ground or path traversed; track; way. The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket. --Pennant. 3. Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course to Ilium's well known shore. --Dennham. Westward the course of empire takes its way. --Berkeley. 4. Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race. 5. Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. The course of true love never did run smooth. --Shak. 6. Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. By course of nature and of law. --Davies. Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. --Milton. 7. Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. My lord of York commends the plot and the general course of the action. --Shak. By perseverance in the course prescribed. --Wodsworth. You hold your course without remorse. --Tennyson. 8. A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry. 9. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. He appointed . . . the courses of the priests --2 Chron. viii. 14. 10. That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties. --Macaulay. 11. (Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. --Gwilt. 12. (Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc. 13. pl. (Physiol.) The menses. {In course}, in regular succession. {Of course}, by consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or natural order. {In the course of}, at same time or times during. [bd]In the course of human events.[b8] --T. Jefferson. Syn: Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress. | |
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Office wire \Of"fice wire`\ (Elec.) Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Officering}.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. --Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. [bd]I am an officer of state.[b8] --Shak. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. {Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field}, {General}. etc. {Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. {Officer of the deck}, [or] {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel. | |
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Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. --South. 2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. 3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. 4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. Let him see our commission. --Shak. 5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. 6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter. --Prescott. 7. (Com.) (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See {Del credere}. {Commission of array}. (Eng. Hist.) See under {Array}. {Commission of bankruptcy}, a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. {Commission of lunacy}, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. {Commission merchant}, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation. {Commission, [or] Commissioned}, {officer} (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer. {Commission of the peace}, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [Eng.] {To put a vessel into commission} (Naut.), to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Officering}.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. --Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. [bd]I am an officer of state.[b8] --Shak. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. {Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field}, {General}. etc. {Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. {Officer of the deck}, [or] {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel. | |
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Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. --South. 2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. 3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. 4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. Let him see our commission. --Shak. 5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. 6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter. --Prescott. 7. (Com.) (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See {Del credere}. {Commission of array}. (Eng. Hist.) See under {Array}. {Commission of bankruptcy}, a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. {Commission of lunacy}, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. {Commission merchant}, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation. {Commission, [or] Commissioned}, {officer} (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer. {Commission of the peace}, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [Eng.] {To put a vessel into commission} (Naut.), to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. [bd]I am an officer of state.[b8] --Shak. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. {Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field}, {General}. etc. {Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. {Officer of the deck}, [or] {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. [bd]I am an officer of state.[b8] --Shak. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. {Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field}, {General}. etc. {Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. {Officer of the deck}, [or] {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. [bd]I am an officer of state.[b8] --Shak. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. {Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field}, {General}. etc. {Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. {Officer of the deck}, [or] {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Officering}.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. --Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. | |
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Officer \Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Officering}.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. --Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. | |
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Officiary \Of*fi"ci*a*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. [R.] --Heylin. | |
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Offscouring \Off"scour`ing\, n. [Off + scour.] That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. --Lam. iii. 45. | |
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Offshore \Off"shore"\, a. From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal. | |
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Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera. | |
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Glass-snake \Glass"-snake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A long, footless lizard ({Ophiosaurus ventralis}), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World. | |
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Opposer \Op*pos"er\, n. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary. | |
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Ovigerons \O*vig"er*ons\, a. [Ovum + -gerous: cf. F. ovigere.] (Biol.) Bearing eggs; oviferous. | |
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Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p, sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns. 2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth. 3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}. {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}. {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See {Estrus}. {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie. {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs. {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina}) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep. {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze. {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana}) having much the appearance of scabious. {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin. {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}. {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep. {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel. {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}). {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and {sheep louse}. {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and {O[94]rial}. | |
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Bighorn \Big"horn`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Rocky Mountain sheep ({Ovis [or] Caprovis montana}). | |
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obscure adj. Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning, to imply total incomprehensibility. "The reason for that last crash is obscure." "The `find(1)' command's syntax is obscure!" The phrase `moderately obscure' implies that something could be figured out but probably isn't worth the trouble. The construction `obscure in the extreme' is the preferred emphatic form. | |
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OBSCURE "A Formal Description of the Specification Language OBSCURE", J. Loeckx, TR A85/15, U Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, 1985. [{Jargon File}] | |
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observational equivalence Two terms M and N are observationally equivalent iff for all contexts C[] where C[M] is a valid term, C[N] is also a valid term with the same value. | |
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Office Workstations Limited {Matsushita} (Panasonic, etc.). They previously supported the {Guide} {hypertext} system but that support is now provided by US company {InfoAccess}. E-mail: [Correct address?] (1996-01-15) |