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Show 0B OB eonfounded with it, it will now be difcernible ho noxious and obffrufive this doctrine is to the fuper Hammond fru&ing all good life 7./. Impediment ‘Opstru'cTIVE ob ftacle The fecond obffruéfive is that of the fiduciary that faith is the only inftrument of his juftification exclude an thing toward it O'3sTRUENT Hindering adj Latin. an Hammond Latin. [obfiruens up blockin OpsTUPEFA CTION contributin fro good work [obfupefacio 7. f The a& of inducing ftupidity or interruption of the mental powers QesTUPEFA CTIVE. adj. [from obfupefacio g Latin. Obftru&ting the menta powers ; ftupifying. B and no other The force of it is obflupefatZive Abbot 95 OBTA'IN. @. a. [obtenir, French, obtineo, Latin. .- 3, Fo gain; to acquire to procure May be that I may obtaiz children by hers Gen We haveobtained an inheritance. Epbefiansyis 11 The juices of the leaves are obtained by exprefArbuthnot fion z. To impetrate; to gain by the conceffion or excited kindnefs of another In fuch our prayers cannot ferve us as means t Hooker whtain the thing we defire By his own blood he entered in once into the'hol place, having obtained eternal redemption for us Hebreavsy ix. 12 1f they could not be olzained of the proud tyraat then to conclude peace with him upon any condiKinolles tions el 2, med by s Some pray for riches, riches they obtain But watch'd by robbers for their wealth are flain Dryden The conclufion of the ftory I forbore, hecaufe could notobzain from myfelf to thew Abfalom unfortunate Dryden Whatever once is denied them, they are certainl Locke on Education not to obtain by crying ¥o OBTA'IN. @. 7 2. To continue in ufe pofs 5 The Theodofian Code, feveral hundred year after Juftinian's time, did obtain in the wefter Baker parts of Europe 2. To be eftablithed or praétice to fubfift in natur Brothefs no more, by brothers thall be flain. Dryd The fituation of the fun and earth, which th ‘theorift fuppofes, is fo far from being preferable t sthis which at prefent obtains, that this hath infiWosdward . Where wafting the public treafure has obtaine a0 a court, all good order is banithed Dawenant . The general laws of fluidity, elatticity, and graVity, obtain in animal and inanimate tubes. Cheyne 3. To prevail ; to fucceed Not in ufe ~ There is due from the judge to the advocate 7fome' commendation where caufes are fair pleaded efpeu,ally towards the fide which obtaineth not BTAINABLE adj. [from obtain. 4. To be procured Bac _Spirits which come over in diftillations, mifcibl with water, and wholly combuftible, are obtainabl from plants by previous fermentation 2. To be gained Arbuthnot . What thinks he of his redemption, and the rat At coft, not being obrainable unlefs God's only So 'Would come down from heaven, and be made man and pay down his own life for it Kettlewwel Orra INER. 7 /. [from obtain. obtains 40 OBDE'MPERATE French; obtempero T OBTE'ND. . a. [obtends, Latin. Eo oppofe. to hold out in oppofition z. To pretend ; to offer as the reafon o any thing Thou doft with lies the throne invade Obtending Heav'n for whate'er-ills befal Dryden BTENEBRA'TION. 7. /. [0b and tenebre, Latin. Darknefs ; the ftate o being darkened ; the a& of darkening cloudinefs In every megrim ot vertigo, there is an obtencbration joined with a femblance of turning round. Bac OBre'NsioN #. / [from obtend. Th alt of obtending 7o ORTE'ST. . a. [obteflor, Latin. befeech; to fupplicate T Suppliants deman He wh . 4. [obtemperer Latin. To obey Didt Osrura'rion. #, /. [from obturatus Lat.] The att of fropping up any thin with fomething fmeared over it OBTUSA'NGULAR. adj. [from obtufe an angle.] Having angles larger than righ angles OBTU'SE. adj. [obtufus, Latin. 1. Not pointed; not acute 2. Not quick; dull; ftupid Thy fenfes the Obtufey all tafte of pleafures muit forego 3 OBTEsTA'TION. 7. /. [obteflatio, Latin from obteff. Supplication; entreaty OBTRECTA'TION. 2. [ [o0btreSo, Lat. _Slander; detraétion; calumny 70 OBTRUDE. «. a. [obtrudo, Latin. To thruftinto any place or ftate by forc or impofture ; to offer with unreafonabl importunity doth follow them, truth, as it were, even obtruding itfelf into their knowledge, and not permittin Hooker There may be as great a vanity in retiring an withdrawing men's conceits from the world, as i ebtruding them Bacon Some things are eafily granted; the reft ough not to be obtruded upon me with the point of th fword King Charles Who can abide, that againft their own doéor fix books fhould, by their fatherhoods of Trent In vain, where noacceptance it ean find Milton Whatever was not by them thought neceflary muft not by us be obtruded on, or forced into tha catalogue Hammond A caufe of common error is the credulity o men; that is, an eafy affent to what is obtruded or believing at firft ear what is delivered by others The objeéts of our fenfes obtrude their particula ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no; an the operations of our minds will not let us be without fome obfcure notions of them Locke Whether thy great forefathers cam From realms that beaf Vefputio's name For fo conjetures would obrrude Sawift And from thy painted fkin conclude On Do juftice. to™the inventors or publifhers of th true experiments, as well as upon the obtruders o Boyle Osrru'sionN. z /. [from obtrufus, Lat. The a& of obtruding No man can think it other than the method o flavery, by favage rudenefs and importunate obtruJéons of violence, to have the mift of his errour an paffion difpelled OBTRU'SIVE King Charles adj obtrude. [fro In clined to force one's felf, or any thin elfe, upon others Not obvious not ¢btrufive The more defirable 70 OBru'ND blunt but retir' Milton's Paradife Loft @. a. [obtundo, Lat. to dull ; to quell obtuf a adv. [from obtu/z. 1. Without a poiat 2. Dully ; ftupidly [from obtufe. OsTu'sion. #. / 1. The a&k of dulling z. The ftate of being dulled Obtufion of the fenfes, internal and external Harwvgy [obwenio, Latin. Orve'NTION. 7 f Something happening not conftantl an T to deaden Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies, becaufe he efteems the blood a bridle o gall, obrunding its acrimony and fiercencls. Harvey regularly bu uncertainly inci dental advantage When the country grows more rich and bette inhabited, the tythes and other cbwenzions, will alf Spenfer be more augmented and better valued 70 ObvE'RT. @. a To turn towards [0bwerto Latin. The laborant with an iron rod ftirred the kindle part of the nitre, that the fire might be more dif fufed, and more parts might be obwerted to the ait Boyle A man can from no place behold, but there wil be amongft innumerable fuperficiecule, that loo fome one way be, under pain of 2 curfe, imperioufly obtruded upo God and his church Hall ‘Why fhouldft thou then obtrude this diligenc faife ones as found OrTU'sELY It is their torment, that the thing they fhu OBTRU'DER. 7 /. [from obtrude. that obtrudes obfcure fhrill nefs; dulnefs Beg leave to draw the bodies of their flain. Dryden them to be fo ignorant as they-would be No Milto OBTU'SENESS. 7. /. [from obtu/e.] Blunt A truce, with olive branches in their hand Obteff his clemency, and from the plai Brown Our impious ufe no longer thall obtain nitely the advantage of it OB and fome another, enough of the ebwerted tohis eye to afford a confufed idea of light Boyle on Colours An ere€t cone placed in an horizontal plane, a a great diftance from the eye, we judge to be no thing but a flat circle, if its bafe be obwerted toward Watts's Logick us 7 O'BVIATE. @. a. [from obvius, Lat obvier, French.] To meet in the way to prevent by interception To lay down every thing in its full light, fo a to obwiate all exceptions, and remove every diffiWoodward culty, would carry me out too far O'BVIOUS. adj. [obvius, Latin. 1. Meeting any thing; oppofed in fron to any thing I to the evil tur My obwious breaft ; arming to overcom JMilt By fuffering, and earn reft from labour won 2. Open ; expofed Whether fuch room in nature unpofief Only to fhine, yet fcarce to contribut Each orb a glimpfe of light, convey'd fo fa Down to this habitable Light back to them which return is obwious to difpute. .flfliz'tm 3. Eafily difcovered ; plain ; evident eafily found ; Swif# has ufed it harfhl for eafily intelligible Why was the figh To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd Sa obwious and fo eafy to be quench'd Milton Entertain'd with folitude Where obwious duty ere while appear'd unfought Milton They are fuch lights as are only cbwious to ever man of fenfe, who loves poetry and underftands it 4ryceri 1 am apt to think many words difficult or obfcure, whic are odwisus to {cholars Swif?ifi Thefe fentiments, whether they be imprefied o the foul, or arif¢ as obwious reflections of our reafon I cal Eec |