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▪ I. † obliquate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. oblīquāt-us, pa. pple. of oblīquāre: see oblique v.] Bent to one side; twisted obliquely.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 69 So that the stomach might be lesse obliquate or crooked. ▪ II. † obliquate, v. Obs. rare. [f. L. oblīquāt-, ppl. stem of oblīquāre: see oblique v. and -ate3.] trans. To bend aside, twist obliquely.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 145 Shall these crooked rules obliquate those loyal maxims which are so strait in St. Paul? a1703Wallis Serm. (1791) 128 They represent God's simplicity obliquated and refracted by reason of many inadequate conceptions. |