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obreption|ɒˈbrɛpʃən|
[ad. L. obreptiōn-em a creeping or stealing upon, n. of action from obrēp-ĕre to creep up to, steal upon, f. ob- (ob- 1 a) + rēpĕre to creep. Cf. F. obreption (1457 orrepcion in Godef.).]
1. The obtaining or trying to obtain something by craft or deceit, spec. in Eccl. and Sc. Law, of a dispensation, gift, etc. by false statement. (Opp. to subreption, obtaining by suppression of truth.)
1611Cotgr., Obreption, an obreption; the creeping, or stealing to a thing by craftie meanes. 1623Cockeram, Obreption, a getting of things by craft. 1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. iv. xviii. 269 Dispensations..shall be invalid; if the Ordinaries..shall not first take..Cognizance of them, to see whether there is no Subreption or Obreption in their Petitions or Requests. 1752McDouall Inst. Law Scot. II. iii. iii. i. 259 Checks against subreption or obreption, i.e. their being obtained by concealing the truth, or expressing a falshood. 1894Month Mar. 391 If in a petition for a dispensation, there is a narrative or statement which is false, there is said to be obreption.
†2. A creeping or stealing upon one unawares.
1642Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 57 in Disc. Lord's Supp., etc. (1676) 81 Sudden incursions and obreptions, sins of mere ignorance and inadvertency. 1656H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 3 The like obreptions or unavoidable importunities of Thoughts, which offer or force themselves upon the Mind. |