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Show OB Unnoticed ftate ; privacy :z Your father loft a fathet That father his ; and the furvivor bound You are not for cbfcurity defign'd But, like the fun, muft cheer all human kind Dryden In filial obligation The the bare light of nature, which yet are {o unealy t be fatisfactorily underftood by our imperfect intelIes, that let them be delivered in t.hc cleareft exprefiions, the notions themfelves will yet appea That this part of facred fcr]ptu.rc hnd_difiicultic "in it: many caufes of obfcurity did readily occur t Lock me What lies beyond our pofitive idea towards infinity, lies in obfeurity, and has the undeterminat confufion ofa negative idea, wherein I know I d not comprehend all I would, it being too large for obfecro, Latin. Intreaty ; fupplication O'BsEQUIES. 7. /. [obfequies, French. know not whether this word be not anciently miftaken for exequies, exequice word however rently derived from ob/equium. rites ; with reverence for the dead Th They apply themfelve -2, It is found in th more properly They do bury their dead with obfervable ceremonies Abbot Thefe proprietics affixed unto bodies from confi ftance of the earth cifing our courage or othe matter occur but feldom Rogers OBsE'RVANCE. 7. /. [obfervance, French obferwo, Latin. 1. Refpeét; ceremonial reverence In the wood, a league without the town ‘Where I did meet thee once with Helena Dryden To do obfervance on the morn of May. Shakefpeare Arcite left his bed, refolv'd to pa Obferwance to the month of merry May Dryden Creech 2. Religious rite Some reprefent to themfelves the whole of religion as confifting in a few eafy obferwances, an never lay the leaft reftraint on the bufinefs or diverfions of this life Rogers Crafhaw 3. Attentive pratice Ufe all th® obferwance of civility Like one well ftudied in a fad often To pleafe his grandam Bacon Each to his place; they heard his voice, and wen Obequious Milton's Paradife Loft 4. Raule of pratice I follow'd her; fhe what was honour knew 5. Careful obedience W The Theban fwan does upward bear Cowley A genial cherithing heat aés fo upon the fit an obfequious matter, as to organjze and fathion it ac<ording to the exigencies of its own nature Boyle His fervants weeping Obfeguious to his orders, bear him hither. 4ddifon atten our Creator in all thofe ordiRogers his church 6 concile to public good, has been conceived in Private brain, afterwards fupported by an obfequi u 2. In Shakefpeare, it feems to fignify, funereal; {uch as the rites of funerals re muf nances which he has prefcribed to the obferwance o The vote of an affembly, which we cannot re Shakefpsare not to feec a woman As My pleaded reafon Milton's Paradife Loft See how th' vbfequious wind and liquid ai We are told how ol f maite 3 Obfervation ; attention There can be no obfervation or experience o greater certainty, as to the increafe of mankind than the ftri€t and vigilant obferwance of the calculations and regifters of the bigs of births and deaths Hale's Originof Mankind 7. Obedient regard; reverential attention Having had fuch experience of his fidelity an obferwance abroad, he found himfelfengaged in hon our to'fupport him 4 Watton vant Alexander was of hi by on the Soul, Dedication ntive : with of Refpe&full Meanl £ the parting ray t of thy various day dutiful ; fubmifiive How could the moft baf but by fuch an ¢fervant flavith cou Ozse'rvanT. 2./. [This word has th accent on the firlt fyllable in Sk Jpeare. A flavifh attendant Noti ufe Thefe kind of knaves in this plainnefs Harbour more craft, and more currupter ends Than twenty filky ducking obfervant That ftretch their duties nicely Shakefpeare Oeserva'riON. z. /. [obfervatio, fro obfervo, Latin; obferwvation, French. 1. Th a&t of obferving noting, or re marking Thefe cannot be infufed by vhferwation, becauf they are the rules by which men take their firi apprehenfions and oéferwations of things; as th . being of the rule muft be before its application t the thing directed by it The rules of our praétice are taken from th conduct of fuch perfons as fall within our obfervation 2. Notio gaine Rogers by obferving note remark; animadverfion In matters of human prudence, we fhall fin the greateft advantage by making wife obferwation on our condut, and of the events attending it Waits's Logick 3. Obedience; ritual pratice He freed and delivered the Chriftian churc from the external obfervation and obedience of al fuch legal precepts, as were not fimply, and formally moral White OBsErRVA'TOR. #./. [obfervatenr, French from obferwo, Latin. One that obferves a remarker The obferwator of the bills of mortality, hat given us the beft account of the nurker that lat plagues have fwept away Hale She may be handfome, yet be chafte, you fay, Good ebfervator, not fo faft away rydesn OBSE'RVATORY. 7. /. [0bferwatoire, Fr. A place built for aftronomical obfervations Another was foun Greenwich Park T0o OBSE'RVE Jerwo nea the: obferwatory - i Woodward on Foffils @. a. [obferver, Fr. ob Lat. 1. Towatch There are other ftrit obfervances And, with sbfeguions majefty, approv' Y0 Shake[peare Love rigid honeft And i€ obfervance of impartial laws. Rofcommon If the divine laws were propofed to our obferwance, with no other motive than the advantage attending it, they would be little more than an adRogers's Sermons vice At his command th' up-rooted hills retir Voi. 11 metal It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear {ky as is obferwably recorded in fome hiftories. Brown father, who raifed you to this height; nor be yo {0 obfequious to the father, that you give juft cauf gun‘e ftone OBsE'RVABLY. adv. [from obfervable. In a manner worthy of note not fo the rifing fon, that you forget th party ob/erv The great and more obfervable occafions of exer Milton's Agoniftes to the fon to fufpect that you negle@ him or thof Wocdward's Natural Hiffory OBSE'QUIOUS. adj. [from obfequium - Latin. 1. Obedient; ‘compliant; not refifting Ador weft from the furface quite down to the bottom of th pit, and entered it carefully into a journal With filent obfequy and funeral train Home to his father's houfe both to his intereft an OBse'RVABLE. adj. [from o0d/ervo, Lat. Remarkable ; eminent f{uch as ma deferve notice fingular, perhap ‘Or tune a fong of vi€tory to me Or to thyfelf, fing thine own ob/eguy Him I'll folemnly attend humour, with all the arts of flattery and ob/equionnefs, the fureft and the readiett way to advance man South Alas! poor Poll, my Indian talker dies Go birds and celebrate his ob/eguies able points of the fphere, will not be juftified fro fuch foundations Brown I took a juft account of every obferwable circum Diryden I will, myfelf Be the chief mourner at his o5 feguics fall of virtuous Lancafter refpeétful: with of She now 9 Eyes the calm fun OBSE'QUIOUSNESS. 7. /. [from obfequious. Obedience ; compliance 1. Funeral rites; funeral folemnities His body fhall be royally interr'd untimel derations deduced from eaft There was Dorilaus valiantly requiting his friend help, in a great battle deprived of life, his obfequie being not more folemnized by the tears of his parQ takers, than the blood of his enemies vianey Fair Juliet, that with angels doft remain Accept this lateft favour at my hand That living honour'd thee, and being dead With fun'ral obfequies adorn thy tomb. Shakefpeare 1 fpare the widows tears, their woeful cries And howling at their hufbands obfequies How Thefeus at thefe fun'rals did affift And with what gifts the mourning dames difmift 2. Obedient I a while vbfeguioufly lamen appa i Dryden which gave themfelves to follo ere obfervant fpettators of thof ime to clime obferaant {t Their manners noted, and their ftates furve and with refpe&ful awe We cannot :"""7>nai'x) cq{':;'i, that any one thoul readily and ob/ quioufly quit his own opinion, an embrace ours with a blind refignation Locke fro That thefe were comprehended under the facra, i manifeft from the old form of obfecration. Stilling fl Latin : thi rife At the word giv'n, obfiguionfly withdraw Locke [obfecratio #. / Thefe writers Shakefpeare's Hamlet 2. In Shakefpeare it fignifies, with funera Boyle on Colours OssecrA'TION 1. Attentive; diligent; watchful Oese'QuiousLy. adv. [from obfequious. 1. Obediently ; with compliance Not to mention that obfcurenefs that attends prophetic raptures, there are divers things k‘nn\\'abli: b obfcure OBSE'RVANT. adj. [vbferwans, Latin. for fome term To do obfeguious forrow . Darknefs of meaning finite capacity OB OB to regard attentively Remember, that as thine eye obferves others, f art thou obferwed by angels and by men Taylor 2. To find by attention ; to note It is obferved, that many men who have feeme to repent when they have thought death approaching, have yet, after it hath pleafed God to re ftore th 1 t th been as wicked, perha worfe w as ever they were If ou idea of infinit uty of Man be go fro the powe obferve in ourfelves, of repeating without en our own ideas, it may be demanded why we do no attribute infinity to other ideas, as well as the e o {pace and durati Lo ‘RE One may o4 erve them difcourfe-and reafon prett well of feveral other things, before they can tel twenty E Locke 3. T |