obtest
Americanverb (used with object)
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to invoke as witness.
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to supplicate earnestly; beseech.
verb (used without object)
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to protest.
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to make supplication; beseech.
verb
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(tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly
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to object; protest
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(tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness
Other Word Forms
- obtestation noun
Etymology
Origin of obtest
1540–50; < Latin obtestārī, equivalent to ob- ob- + test ( is ) a witness + -ārī infinitive suffix
Example Sentences
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Obtesting Deputies obtest vainly; Respect the President; approach not the President!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Deputies, putting forth head, obtest, conjure; Saint-Antoine rages, "Bread and Constitution."
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
I obtest you by the glory of heaven, and by the crowns which believers put on His head, that ye slight not this offer.
From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Houston, Thomas
I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer away.
From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Houston, Thomas
Oh, we obtest those 025broken window-panes whether it be not cruel to expose new furniture to such perils!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
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