Meaning of oblectation | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of pleasing highly, or state of being greatly pleased; delight.

obsolete

Examples

“"No, sir, though I am myself of a strong temperament, I abhor ebriety, and detest those who swallow wine gulae causa, for the oblectation of the gullet […]"”

“Whereof the first is called oblectation, which is a certain quietness or assentation of the mind or will, because it obeys, and not willingly consents to that pleasantness which the senses hold forth […]”

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