OBLITE
Ob"lite, a. Etym: [L. oblitus, p.p. pf oblinere to besmear.]
Defn: Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] "Obscure and oblite mention."
Fuller.
OBLITERATE
Ob*lit"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliterated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obliterating.] Etym: [L. obliteratus, p.p. of obliterare to
obliterate; ob (see Ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See Letter.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. W. Black.
OBLITERATE
Ob*lit"er*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Scarcely distinct; — applied to the markings of insects.
OBLITERATION
Ob*lit`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. obliteratio: cf.F. oblitération.]
Defn: The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. Sir. M. Hale.
OBLITERATIVE
Ob*lit"er*a*tive, a.