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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•late1 /ˈɑbleɪt, ɑˈbleɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - Mathematicsflattened at the top.
See -lat-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•late1 (ob′lāt, o blāt′),USA pronunciation adj. - Mathematicsflattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate). See diag. under prolate.
- Neo-Latin oblātus lengthened, equivalent. to Latin ob- ob- + (prō)lātus prolate
- 1695–1705
ob′late•ly, adv. ob•late2 (ob′lāt, o blāt′),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- Religiona lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work.
- Medieval Latin oblātus, suppletive past participle of offerre to offer
- 1860–65
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