OBTESTING

Verb

obtesting

present participle of obtest

Anagrams

• besotting

Source: Wiktionary

OBTEST

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