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Obstringe
() To constrain; to put under obligation.
Obstructed
() of Obstruct
Obstructing
() of Obstruct
Obstruct
() To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.
Obstruct
() To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation.
Obstructer
() One who obstructs or hinders.
Obstruction
() The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
Obstruction
() That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
Obstruction
() The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
Obstructionism
() The act or the policy of obstructing progress.
Obstructionist
() One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body.
Obstructionist
() Of or pertaining to obstructionists.
Obstructive
() Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.
Obstructive
() An obstructive person or thing.
Obstruent
() Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.
Obstruent
() Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.
Obstupefaction
() See Stupefaction.
Obstupefactive
() Stupefactive.
Obstupefy
() See Stupefy.
Obtained
() of Obtain
Obtaining
() of Obtain
Obtain
() To hold; to keep; to possess.
Obtain
() To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
Obtain
() To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
Obtain
() To prevail; to succeed.
Obtainable
() Capable of being obtained.
Obtainer
() One who obtains.
Obtainment
() The act or process of obtaining; attainment.
Obtected
() Covered; protected.
Obtected
() Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.
Obtemper
() To obey (a judgment or decree).
Obtemperate
() To obey.
Obtended
() of Obtend
Obtending
() of Obtend
Obtend
() To oppose; to hold out in opposition.
Obtend
() To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.
Obtenebration
() The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.
Obtension
() The act of obtending.
Obtested
() of Obtest
Obtesting
() of Obtest
Obtest
() To call to witness; to invoke as a witness.
Obtest
() To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for.
Obtest
() To protest.
Obtestation
() The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
Obtrectation
() Slander; detraction; calumny.
Obtruded
() of Obtrude
Obtruding
() of Obtrude
Obtrude
() To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
Obtrude
() To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.
Obtrude
() To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.