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obtest
[ob-test]
verb (used with object)
to invoke as witness.
to supplicate earnestly; beseech.
verb (used without object)
to protest.
to make supplication; beseech.
obtest
/ ɒbˈtɛst /
verb
(tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly
to object; protest
(tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness
Other Word Forms
- obtestation noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of obtest1
Example Sentences
Obtest, ob-test′, v.t. to call upon, as a witness: to beg for.—v.i. to protest.—n.
Set in twin ridges black and red, Obtest the foam-sprayed battlements To count the blood-drops on a bench That the coals of Tartarus nurse— Disastrous, imbosked Torture's bed!
It is not an actor; and it cannot adopt the figured passion of the actor, rend its robe, and flourish, and obtest heaven against the traitor and the oppressor, to the sound of an orchestra, or in the glitter of stage lamps.
Likewise, we plead and obtest, that a search may be made into, and a review taken of the late toleration, and addressing for it, and acceptance of it, complexly considered: The sinfulness whereof, we could not, and now cannot forbear to witness against.
In fine, Though we will not take upon us, to propose the time or the way of purging out the episcopal clergy, yet we cannot and dare not forbear, to plead and obtest that they may not be continued, nor kept in the churches whereinto they have intruded; nor re-admitted that are, or may be laid aside, until they give approvable evidence of their repentance, for their sinful conformity.
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