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obtest

[ ob-test ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to invoke as witness.
  2. to supplicate earnestly; beseech.


verb (used without object)

  1. to protest.
  2. to make supplication; beseech.

obtest

/ ɒbˈtɛst /

verb

  1. tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive to beg (someone) earnestly
  2. whentr, takes a clause as object; when intr, may be foll by with or against to object; protest
  3. tr to call (a supernatural power) to witness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌobtesˈtation, noun
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Other Words From

  • obtes·tation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obtest1

1540–50; < Latin obtestārī, equivalent to ob- ob- + test ( is ) a witness + -ārī infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obtest1

C16: from Latin obtestārī to protest, from ob- to + testārī to bear or call as witness
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Example Sentences

Oh, we obtest those 025broken window-panes whether it be not cruel to expose new furniture to such perils!

I obtest you by his own excellency, I obtest you by the joys of heaven, and the torments of hell, that you close with Him.

I obtest you by the glory of heaven, and by the crowns which believers put on His head, that ye slight not this offer.

Should we not obtest Heaven, and whatever justice there is yet on earth?

I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer away.

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