OBTEST

Verb

obtest (third-person singular simple present obtests, present participle obtesting, simple past and past participle obtested)

(archaic, ambitransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.

(archaic, ambitransitive) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.

Source: Wiktionary


Ob*test", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtested; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtesting.] Etym: [L. obtestari; ob (see Ob-) + testari to witness, fr. testis a witness.]

1. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. [R.] Dryden.

2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [R.]

Ob*test", v. i.

Definition: To protest. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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