Defn: To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]
OBLECTATION
Ob"lec*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. oblectatio.]
Defn: The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight. [R.] Feltham.
OBLIGABLE
Ob"li*ga*ble, a.
Defn: Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [R.] The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, — is obligable; and another is not. Emerson.
OBLIGATE
Ob"li*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obligating.] Etym: [L. obligatus, p.p. of obligare. See Oblige.]
1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. "Obligated by a sense of duty." Proudfit. That's your true plan — to obligate The present ministers of state. Churchill.
2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge. That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. Landor.
OBLIGATION
Ob"li*ga"tion, n. Etym: [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See Oblige.]
1. The act of obligating.