obfirm

English

Etymology

Latin obfirmare (“to make steadfast”)

Verb

obfirm (third-person singular simple present obfirms, present participle obfirming, simple past and past participle obfirmed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make firm; to harden in resolution.
   • 1647, Joseph Hall, Satan's Fiery Darts Quenched, Or, Temptations Repelled.:

     The one walks on securely and resolutely as obfirmed in his wickedness.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “obfirm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• biform