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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
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