Definitions
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- n. An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.
- adj. Submitted for publication; especially, of academic articles, submitted for peer review before publication.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. oblongum.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An oblate spheroid or ellipsoid.
Etymologies
Examples
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* Ut ventum est ad horam profitendae fidei quae verbis certis conceptis retentisque memoriter, de loco eminentiore, in conspectu populi fidelis, Romae reddi solet ab eis qui accessuri sunt ad gratiam tuam, oblatum esse dicebat Victorino a presbyteris, ut secretius redderet, sicut nonnullis qui verecundia trepidaturi videbantur, offerri mos erat; illum autem maluisse salutem suam in conspectu sanctae multitudinis profiteri.
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But in either case, if the accused householder could prove that a person other than himself for any reason had placed the stolen articles in his house, he could obtain from that person on conviction damages of thrice their value for _furtum oblatum_
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Sed Hiempsal in oppido Thirmida forte ejus domo utebatur, qui proximus lictor [70] Jugurthae carus acceptusque ei semper fuerat; quem ille casu ministrum oblatum promissis onerat impellitque, uti tamquam suam visens domum eat, portarum claves adulterinas [71] paret
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Most commentators that I am acquainted with write on the lines of Bengel, "poculum a patre oblatum, tota passionis massa plenum." cf.
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Christum amplectamur, gratuito nobis oblatum in Evangelio.
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Vocatio efficax est Spiritus Dei opus, quo nos peccati ac miseriae nostrae arguens, mentes nostras cognitione Christi illuminans, voluntates nostras renovans, prorsus nobis persuadet, et vires sufficit, ut Jesum Christum amplectamur, gratuito nobis oblatum in Evangelio.
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For an offer cannot constitute a promise before it can be judged that the thing offered (oblatum) is something that is agreeable to the party to whom it is offered, and this much is shown by the first two declarations; but by them alone there is nothing as yet acquired.
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'Antiquum hoc monumentum oblatum et missum est majestati vestræ vicesimo septimo die mensis
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390
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Postcommunion For The Intercession Of The Saints undet et muniat nos, quaesumus, Domine, dívini Sacramenti munus oblatum: et, intercedente beáta Virgine Dei.
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At istud profecto mirum, idem etiam vitium oblatum numis declinantis imperii tam male argenteis, ut in iis vix aUqua pars nobilis metalli inesset Quod enim iis comunpendis molestae operae pretium?
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