Verbs Beginning with the Letter O

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Below are simple definitions to six of the "o" English language verbs used in the puzzle above:

• oblige 1. Bind by obligation; cause to be indebted. Synonyms: bind, hold, obligate. 2. Provide a service or favor for someone. Synonym: accomodate. 3. Force or compel someone to do something. Synonyms: compel, obligate. [Derived from the Latin obligare "to tie around".]
• obliterate 1. Remove completely from recognition or memory. Synonym: efface. 2. Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. Synonyms: blot out, hide, obscure, veil. 3. Do away with completely, without leaving a trace. [Derived from the Latin obliterare "to efface".]
• obviate 1. Prevent from happening; prevent the occurrence of. Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forestall, head off, preclude, stave off, ward off. 2. Do away with. Synonym: eliminate. [Derived from the Latin obviatus, past participle of obviare "to meet, withstand".]
• orate Talk pompously. Synonym: speechify. [Derived from oration which derives from the Latin orare "to speak".]
• oscillate 1. Move or swing from side to side regularly. 2. Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. Synonyms: hover, vacillate. [Derived from Latin oscillare "to swing".]
• ostracize 1. Avoid speaking to or dealing with. 2. Expel from a community or group. Also spelled ostracise.

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