Obtend
(Ob*tend") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtending.] [L. obtendere, obtentum,
to stretch or place before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]
1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] Dryden
Obtenebration
(Ob*ten`e*bra"tion) n. [L. obtenebrate to make dark.] The act of darkening; the state of
being darkened; darkness. [Obs.]
In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance of turning round.
Bacon. Obtension
(Ob*ten"sion) n. [L. obtentio. See Obtend.] The act of obtending. [Obs.] Johnson.
Obtest
(Ob*test") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtested; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtesting.] [L. obtestari; ob (see Ob-
) + testari to witness, fr. testis a witness.]
1. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. [R.] Dryden.
2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [R.]
Obtest
(Ob*test"), v. i. To protest. [R.] E. Waterhouse.
Obtestation
(Ob`tes*ta"tion) n. [L. obtestatio.] The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.]
Antonio asserted this with great obtestation.
Evelyn. Obtrectation
(Ob`trec*ta"tion) n. [L. obtrectatio, from obtrectare to detract from through envy. See
Detract.] Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.] Barrow.
Obtrude
(Ob*trude") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum;
ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no.
Lock. 2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton.
Obtrude
(Ob*trude"), v. i. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.
Syn. — To Obtrude, Intrude. To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right,
or uninvited; to obtrude is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with
whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.
Obtruder
(Ob*trud"er) n. One who obtrudes. Boyle.
Obtruncate
(Ob*trun"cate) v. t. [L. obtruncatus, p. p. of obtruncare.] To deprive of a limb; to lop. [R.]
Obtruncation
(Ob`trun*ca"tion) n. [L. obtruncatio.] The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] Cockeram.
Obtrusion
(Ob*tru"sion) n. [L. obtrusio. See Obtrude.]
1. The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions
on the world.
2. That which is obtruded. Milton.
