oblite

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin oblitus, past participle of oblinere (to besmear).

Adjective

oblite (comparative more oblite, superlative most oblite)

  1. (obsolete) indistinct; slurred over
    • (Can we date this quote by Thomas Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Obscure and oblite mention is made of those water-works.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 oblite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) oblīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of oblītus