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[Lat. obliquatio, from obli quus oblique (q. v.).] 1. Lit.: Declination from a straight line or course; the quality or state of being oblique; obliquity. IMG:content-0194.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0195.png:[blocks in formation] speaker. Thus, the words, "I will come." when reported by another person, become "He said that he would come." oblique-sphere, s. Astron. & Geog.: The celestial or the terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place, which it is everywhere except to an observer on the equator or, did any exist, at the poles. ob-lique' (que as k), v. i. [OBLIQUE, a.] 1. Ord. Lang.: To form an oblique line; to deviate from a straight or perpendicular line; to slope, to slant. "A line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine." -Scott : Waverley , ch. xi. 2. Mil .: To move forward obliquely by stepping sideways. IMG:content-0196.png:[blocks in formation] "Each is changed from his nature trew By others opposition, or obliquid view." Spenser: F. Q., VII. vii. 54. ob-li-qui-tỹ, *ob-li-qui-tie, s . [Fr. obliquité , from Lat. obliquitas =obliquene , from obliquus = oblique (q. v.); Sp. oblicuidad ; Ital. obliquità .] 1. Lit .: The quality or state of being oblique; deviation from a state of parallelism or perpendicu larity. "Moved contrary with thwart obliquities ." Milton: P. L. , viii. 182. 2. Figuratively : (1) Deviation from moral rectitude. "That prize belongs to none but the sincere; The least obliquity is fatal here." Cowper: Progre of Error , 579. (2) Irregularity; deviation from ordinary rules. Obliquity of the ecliptic: Astron.: The inclination of the ecliptic to the celestial equator. It is about 23° 27'. *ob'-lite, a . [Lat. oblitus , pa. par. of oblino =to smear over.] Smeared over, dim. "Obscure and oblite mention." -Fuller: Pisgah Sight, II. v. 21. ob-lit-er-āte, v . t . [Lat. obliteratus , pa. par. of oblitero to efface, to smear out: ob over, and liter a a letter; Fr. oblitérer ; Sp. obliterar ; Ital. obliterare .] I. Ordinary Language : Lit.: To efface, to rubout, to erase, to blot out; to render impo ible to be deciphered; as, to oblit . erate writing or an inscription. IMG:content-0197.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: The act of obliterating, erasing, or blot ting out; the state of being obliterated or rendered undecipherable. "There might, probably, be an obliteration of all those monuments of antiquity."- Hale : Orig. of Mankind, p. 138. 2. Fig .: The act of effacing or erasing from memory; the state of being forgotten or blotted out from memory. "The obliteration of that original signification.' Beddoes : Nature of Mathem. Evidence , p. 96. II. Pathol.: The closure of a duct or any cavity by the adhesion of its parietes. ob-lit-er-ā-tive, a . [Eng. obliterat (e); -ive.] Tending to obliterate or efface; effacing, erasing. *ob-liv-I-al, a. [Lat. oblivi ( o )=oblivion (q.v.); Eng. suff. -al .] Oblivious, forgetful.