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See Opiniaster. [Obs.].

To hold or maintain persistently. [Obs.] Barrow.

Opinionated. [Obs.]

Opinionative. Glanvill. -- O*pin"ia*tive*ly, adv. -- O*pin"ia*tive*ness, n.

One who is opinionated. [Obs.] South. Barrow.

See Opiniaster. [Obs.] Locke.

Obstinacy in opinious. [Written also opiniatry.] [Obs.]

An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings.

Opinion. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action. Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inc…

Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine. C. J. Ellicott.

Opinionated.

Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion. Sir W. Scott.

Conceitedly. Feltham.

An opinionist. [Obs.]

Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated. Milton.

An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. [Obs.] South.

Opinionated; conceited. His opinioned zeal which he thought judicious. Milton.

One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions. Glanvill.

The orpine.