2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.
OBTEMPER
Ob*tem"per, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Obtemperate.] (Scots Law)
Defn: To obey (a judgment or decree).
OBTEMPERATE
Ob*tem"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. obtemperare, obtemperatum to obey.]
Defn: To obey. [Obs.] Johnson.
OBTEND
Ob*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtending.]
Etym: [L.obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place before or against;
ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]
1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] Dryden
OBTENEBRATION
Ob*ten`e*bra"tion, n. Etym: [L. obtenebrate to make dark.]