Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dim; indistinct; slurred over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Indistinct; slurred over.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
indistinct ;slurred over
Etymologies
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Latin oblitus, past participle of oblinere to besmear.
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Examples
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But when the unnatural mother of Conftantine was depofed and banifli - cd, her fucceflTor Nicephorus refolved to oblite - rate this badge of fervitude and difgrace.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon ... 1788
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hernesheir commented on the word oblite
(adj): Indistinct; slurred over.
December 31, 2008