oblast 79b4last8
n.
5Russ oblast‘6 an administrative subdivision, or region, of a republic in the U.S.S.R.

oblate 1 79b4lat#, 9b lat$8
adj.
5ModL oblatus < OB3 + 3latus as in prolatus (see PROLATE): from being thrust forward at the equator6 Geom. flattened at the poles !an oblate spheroid"

oblate 2 79b4lat#8
n.
5ML oblatus, offered, thrust forward < pp. of L offerre: see OFFER6 R.C.Ch. a person dedicated to the religious life; esp., a person living in or associated with a religious community but not bound by vows

oblation 7! bla4*!n, 9b la$38
n.
5ME oblacioun < OFr oblation < L oblatio, an offering < oblatus: see prec.6
1 an offering of a sacrifice, thanksgiving, etc. to God or a god
2 the thing or things offered; esp., the bread and wine of the Eucharist
ob[la4tion[al or ob[la[to[ry 79b4l! tCr#c8
adj.

obliterate 7! blit4!r at#8
vt.
3at#ed, 3at#ing 5< L obliteratus, pp. of obliterare, to blot out < ob3 (see OB3) + littera, LETTER16
1 to blot out or wear away, leaving no traces; erase; efface
2 to do away with as if by effacing; destroy
—SYN ERASE
ob[lit#er[a4tion
n.
ob[lit4er[a#tive
adj.
ob[lit4er[a#tor
n.

oblivion 7! bliv4c !n8
n.
5OFr < L oblivio < oblivisci, to forget < ob3 (see OB3) + (prob.) levis, smooth < IE base *lei3, slippery > LIME16
1 a forgetting or having forgotten; forgetfulness
2 the condition or fact of being forgotten
3 official overlooking of offenses; pardon

obsequious 7!b sc4kwc !s, 9b38
adj.
5ME obsequyouse < L obsequiosus < obsequium, compliance < obsequi, to comply with < ob3 (see OB3) + sequi, to follow: see SEQUENT6
1 showing too great a willingness to serve or obey; fawning
2 [Archaic] compliant; dutiful
ob[se4qui[ous[ly
adv.
ob[se4qui[ous[ness
n.

obsess 7!b ses$8
vt.
5< L obessus, pp. of obsidere, to besiege < ob3 (see OB3) + sedere, SIT6 to haunt or trouble in mind, esp. to an abnormal degree; preoccupy greatly


obtruncate

v.t. behead. obtruncation, n. Another dictionary says “lop off a limb”

obtund 79b tund$8
vt.
5ME obtunden < L obtundere, to strike at, blunt < ob3 (see OB3) + tundere, to strike < IE *(s)teud3, to strike > STOCK6 to make blunt or dull; make less acute; deaden e.g. ear drops for an earache may not completely relieve pain, but may obtund it.

obturator - The Scripps-Howard mentions only a device to prevent escape of gas from breech of antique rifles. But in urology, some urethral catheters may require a “J” shaped metal insert called an obturator to facilitate passing the catheter into the bladder.

obvelation - the antonym of revelation

obvolute 79b4v! l1t#8
adj.
5L obvolutus, pp. of obvolvere, to wrap around < ob3 (see OB3) + volvere, to roll: see WALK6 having overlapping margins: said of leaves or petals: also ob4vo[lu#tive
ob#vo[lu4tion
n.

occident 79k4s! d!nt, 3dent#8
n.
5OFr < L occidens, direction of the setting sun < prp. of occidere, to fall: see OCCASION6 [Old Poet.] the west [O3] the part of the world west of Asia, esp. Europe and the Americas

occult 7for adj. ! kult$; also 94kult#; for v. ! kult$8
adj.
5L occultus, concealed, pp. of occulere, to cover over < ob3 (see OB3) + celare, to hide (see HALL)6
1 hidden; concealed
2 secret; esoteric
3 beyond human understanding; mysterious
4 designating or of certain alleged mystic arts, such as magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.
vt., vi.

In reply to:

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obvelation - the antonym of revelation

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Well, wwh, this word wasn't referenced at all on Onelook. What's your source?

Thanks,
WW

A short list of words commonly misused.
http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/confuse.html

I found one I have misused.
ku[dos 7ky14d9s#, k1$3; also, 3dbs#8
n.
5Gr kydos, glory, fame IE *kud3 base *keu3, to pay attention to, HEAR6 credit or praise for an achievement; glory; fame: sometimes wrongly taken as a plural (pron. 3dbz) of an assumed “kudo”

My only excuse is that I have only seen it used incorrectly.

Dear WW: Spizzerinctum had it, but I don't trust him.
This usage may be a coinage, but is I am sure acceptable:
" Every revelation of God must also be an obvelation; there must be a veiling of his infinite splendour if anything is to be seen by finite beings. ... "

Well, according to MW online, revelation comes from "revelare" (to reveal), which isn't surprising. So, I wonder whether there's a Latin word "obvelare"? I doubt it, but it's worth asking. It seems the opposite of reveal would be conceal. So, since we have revelations, we should have concelations (or concellations), but we don't. Too bad. [I'm not discounting concealment here--just fooling around with reveal moving into revelation and conceal not moving into concelation -- or concellation.)

aThe basic root is "velum" . Which "covers" everthing from a boat's sail to a bride's veil.

whether there's a Latin word "obvelare"

OED shows Latin obvelare as the provenience of obvelation. The corresponding verb, listed as Obs. rare., is obvele.

I looked up obvelation on Google and found this:

http://www.micronet.org/cherries/main/gondola/classic

What on earth?

All I can think is that somebody has spent far too long playing with Aenigma.

Bingley

First, thanks, Faldage. Good to know that obvelare exists in the world of Latin.

And, Bingley! That is the strangest writing I've ever read! What's behind that site? A wake following Finnegans'? I clicked on one of the highlighted words and just continued even further though the looking glass.

Thinking about it on and off while working this afternoon, I decided it must be in a code, in which a computer program (I suppose you could do it manually if you had the patience) takes each word and substitutes the xth word which comes after it in a dictionary or list of words. No doubt complicated variations to make it even more fiendishly bizarre could be added.

Bingley

Reminds me of a code I conceptualized once which involved Latin, Morse code and creative misspelling. A variety of steganography(Thanks, Dr Bill).