obfirm
English
editEtymology
editLatin obfirmare (“to make steadfast”)
Verb
editobfirm (third-person singular simple present obfirms, present participle obfirming, simple past and past participle obfirmed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make firm or stubborn.
- 1647, Joseph Hall, Satan's Fiery Darts Quenched, Or, Temptations Repelled.:
- The one walks on securely and resolutely as obfirmed in his wickedness.
References
edit- “obfirm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.