Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB
OB, prep.
A Latin preposition, signifies primarily, in front; before, and hence against, toward; as in objicio, to object, that is, to throw against. It has also the force of in or on; as in obtrude. In composition, the letter b is often changed into the first letter of the word to which it is prefixed; as, in occasion, offer, oppose.
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