obfirm

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verb

To make firm or stubborn.

OriginLatin obfirmare →
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Meanings

verbobfirm (third-person singular simple present obfirms, present participle obfirming, simple past and past participle obfirmed)

present singular third person obfirms · participle present obfirming · participle past obfirmed · past obfirmed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make firm or stubborn.

    The one walks on securely and resolutely as obfirmed in his wickedness.

    1647, Joseph Hall, Satan's Fiery Darts Quenched, Or, Temptations Repelled.

Origin

  1. Latinobfirmare“to make steadfast”
  2. Englishobfirm

From Latin obfirmare (“to make steadfast”).

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