obsecrate (obsekrat)

t.; pret. and pp. obse crated, ppr. obsecrating. [ It. o ecrare = Pg. obsecrar ), entreat, beseech, conjure in solemn sort, Andrew Fair service employed his lungs in obsecrating a share of Dougal's protection. Scott , Rob Roy, xxx i. obsecration (ob-se-krā'shon), n. [= F. obsé cration = Sp. obsecracion = Pg. obsecração = It. o ecrazione, Let us fly to God at all times with humble obsecrations and hearty requests. Becon , Works, p. 187. ( Hall i well .) In the "Rules of Civility" (A. D. 1685, translated from the French) we read: "If his lordship chances to sneeze, you are not to bawl out 'God ble you, sir,' but, pulling cration to yourself." E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, I. 92. off your hat, bow to him handsomely, and make that conceal, render indistinct, etc., 2. In liturgics , one of the suffrages or versicles transeal hide cover and shut off from view; of the Litany beginning with the word by (or, conceal; His fiery cannon did their pa age guide, And following smoke obscur'd them from the foe. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 92. Not a floating cloud obscured the azure firmament. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 183. 2. To darken or make dark; dim. Cynthia for shame obscures her silver shine. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 728. The Signs obscure not the Streets at all, and make little or no figure, as tho' there were none; being placed very high and little. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 16. Think'st thou, vain spirit, thy glories are the same? And seest not sin obscures thy god-like frame? Dryden, State of Innocence, iii. 2. 3. To deprive of luster or glory; outshine; eclipse; depreciate; disparage; belittle. You have suborn'd this man Of purpose to obscure my noble birth. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 4. 22. The King of France, tho' valiant enough himself, yet thinking his own great Acts to be obscured by greater of K. Richard's, he began, besides his old hating him, now to envy him. Baker , Chronicles, p. 63. Some are born to do great deeds, and live, As some are born to be obscured , and die. M. Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum. 4. To render doubtful or unintelligible; render indistinct or difficult of comprehension or explanation; disguise. The prince obscured his contemplation Under the veil of wildne . Shak., Hen. V., i. 1. 63. No written laws can be so plain, so pure, But wit may glo , and malice may obscure . Dryden, Hind and Panther, ii. 319. II.t in trans. To hide; conceal one's self. How! there 's bad tidings; I must obscure and hear it. Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the Mill, iv. 2. in Latin, per ); a petition of the Litany for deliverance from evil: as, "By thy baptism, fasting, and temptation," the response being "Good Lord, deliver us."-3. In rhet., a figure in which the orator implores the help of God or man. obsecratory (ob'sē-kra-to-ri), a. [ That gracious and obsecratory charge of the ble ed apostle of the gentiles (1 Cor. i. 10). Bp. Hall, The Peace-Maker, § 26.