Defn: The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. Yuo are not for obscurity designed. Dryden. They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair. Macaulay.
Syn.
— Darkness; dimness; gloom. See Darkness.
OBSECRATE Ob"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] Etym: [L. obsecratus, p.p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
Defn: To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman.
OBSECRATION
Ob"se*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. obsecratio: cf. F. obsecration.]
1. The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By." Bp. Stillingfeet. Shipley.
2. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.
OBSECRATORY
Ob"se*cra*to*ry, a.
Defn: Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory. [R.] Bp. Hall.