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that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.

A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.] The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak.

Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning. I . . . have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here. Shak.

ifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.

Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. Addison.

eps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. "Diligent observers of old customs." Spenser. These... hearkend unto observers of times. Deut. xviii. 14.

The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond. [R.] Milton.

se of need; in necessity; as convenience requires; occasionally. "That we might have intelligence from him on occasion," De Foe.

ng, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings. They [the eyes] resign their office and their light. Shak. Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight upon the earth. Milton. In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so ma…

specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. Quain. A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. Chaucer.

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victoty to his lieutenants. Milton. O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. Pope.

Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking men." Harris.

Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.

al merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton.

a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently. [R.]