Ob*late" (?), a. [L. oblatus,
used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate;
ob (see Ob-) + latus borne, for tlatus.
See Tolerate.]
1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at
the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated;
dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic
orders. See Oblate, n.
Oblate ellipsoid or spheroid
(Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse
about its minor axis; an oblatum. See Ellipsoid of revolution,
under Ellipsoid.
Ob*late", n. [From Oblate,
a.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) One
of an association of priests or religious women who have offered
themselves to the service of the church. There are three such
associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates.
(b) One of the Oblati.
