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† obcæcate, a. Obs.
Also 6 obse-, 6–7 obce-.
[ad. L. obcæcāt-us, pa. pple. of obcæcāre or occæcāre to blind, f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + cæcāre to blind, cæcus blind. See also occæcate v.]
Blinded; blind; destitute of mental or spiritual vision. So † obcæcated (-cec-) a., in same sense; † obcæcation (-cec-), blinded condition; mental or spiritual blindness.
a1568A. Kid in Bannatyne MS. (1875) 263/40 And prince of iustice the verry image suld be, The quhilk but vertew is blind and obsecat. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 121 His obsecate and blind enemies. 1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. lxiii. 293 Neither was their obduration nor their obcecation less. a1631Donne Serm. V. 125 A heavy blindness and obcæcation. 1641Family of Love in Harl. Misc. (Malham) IV. 447 Let not us persuade ourselves..that our great god Cupid is obcecated. 1696Evelyn in Bentley's Corr. (1842) I. 115 The fillets, with which the Iunto's eyes are banded..to represent their Obcæcation. |
