obsecration

[Latin obsecratio, from obse cratus, pa. par. of obsecro =to obsecrate (q. v.).] 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of entreating, imploring, or supplicating; entreaty, supplication. 2. Rhet .: A figure of speech in which the orator implores the help of God or man. tob-sě-cră-tor-ý, a. [Eng. obsecrat(e); -ory.] Expre ing or containing entreaty or supplication; supplicatory. "That gracious and obsecratory charge." -Bp. Hall: Peace Maker , § 26. *ob-se-quent, a. [Latin obsequens, pr. par. of obsequor = to follow.] Obedient, submi ive, ob"Pliant and obsequent to his pleasure." - Fother by : Atheomastix, p. 181. sequious. IMG:content-0202.png:[blocks in formation] ob-se-quies, s . pl . [O. Fr. obseques , from Latin obsequiæ funeral rites, from obsequor =to follow.) [OBSEQUY (1), s.) Funeral rites or ceremonies. "Lo! at this tomb my tributary tears I render, for my brethren's obsequies ." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , i. 2. ob-se-qui-ous, a . [Fr. obséquieux , from Latin obsequiosus compliant, from obsequium =compliance, from obsequor =to follow; Sp. obsequioso ; Ital. o equioso . Putten ham, in 1589, cla ed this among words then of quite recent introduction into the language. Another writer, a little earlier, ranks it among "inkhorn terms, smelling too much of the Latin." (Trench: English Past and Present, p. 37.)] *1. Originally, in a good sense; compliant; submi ive or obedient to the words or wishes of others; zealous, devoted. 2. Compliant in exce ; servilely obedient or submi ive; cringing, fawning; over ready to comply with the desires of others. "Judges, who, while the popular frenzy was at the height, had been its most obsequious instruments."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. ii. IMG:content-0203.png:[blocks in formation] "[Let not] obsequiousne teach them insolency." Shirley: Merchant's Wife, i. 2. *ob-sě-quỹ (1), s. [ Lat.obsequiæ , from obsequor = to follow.) A funeral rite; solemnity or ceremony. "The corpse, after a solemn obsequy, was had to Langly."- Daniel : Civil Wars , bk. iii. [Note 7.] Obsolete in the singular. [OBSEQUIES.] *ob-sě-quỹ (2), s. [Lat. obsequium .] Obsequi"Censured by some for too much obsequy ." Mas singer: Bashful Lover. (Prol.) *õb-se-rāte, v. t . [Lat. obseratus , pa. par. of obsero, from ob- , and sera a bar.] To lock up; to bar. ( Cocker am .) ousne .