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obtest

[ob-test]

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verb (used with object)

to invoke as witness.

to supplicate earnestly; beseech.

verb (used without object)

to protest.

to make supplication; beseech.

Origin of obtest

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

Related formsob·tes·ta·tion, noun

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Related Words for obtest

urge, beseech, pray, sue, implore, solicit, plead, ask, desire, advocate, nag, invoke, besiege, abjure, woo, importune, entreat, press, crave, requisition

Examples from the Web for obtest

Historical Examples of obtest

Should we not obtest Heaven, and whatever justice there is yet on earth?
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer away.
The Life of James Renwick
Thomas Houston
Oh, we obtest those 025broken window-panes whether it be not cruel to expose new furniture to such perils!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI.
Various
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.
The Life of James Renwick
Thomas Houston
I obtest you by the glory of heaven, and by the crowns which believers put on His head, that ye slight not this offer.
The Life of James Renwick
Thomas Houston

British Dictionary definitions for obtest

obtest

verb rare

(tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly

(when tr, takes a clause as object; when intr, may be foll by with or against) to object; protest

(tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness

Derived Formsobtestation, noun

Word Origin for obtest

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

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