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Webster 1913 Edition


Obduracy

Ob′du-ra-cy

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Noun.
The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.
Obduracy and persistency.”
Shak.
The absolute completion of sin in final
obduracy
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South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Obduracy

OB'DURACY

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Noun.
[See Obdurate.] Invincible hardness of heart; impenitence that cannot be subdued; inflexible persistency in sin; obstinacy in wickedness.
God may by almighty grace hinder the absolute completion of sin in final obduracy.

Definition 2024


obduracy

obduracy

English

Noun

obduracy (plural obduracies)

  1. The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
    • 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 2, act 2, scene 2,
      Thou thinkest me as far in the devil's
      book as thou and Falstaff for obduracy and
      persistency.
    • 1713, Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ, Eleazer Phillips (Boston), page 156,
      It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.
    • 1812, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Leaving London for Wales," ln 5-6,
      True mountain Liberty alone may heal
      The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
    • 2007, Simon Hughes, "Chanderpaul finally outwitted by master" Telegraph.co.uk, 20 June,
      Chanderpaul's obduracy might have broken lesser men, but Panesar more than matched him for relentlessness.

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References

  • obduracy” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • obduracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • obduracy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)