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Webster 1913 Edition

Obtest

Ob-test′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Obtested
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Obtesting
.]
[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′

,
Verb.
I.
To protest.
[R.]
E. Waterhouse.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obtest

OBTEST'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. obtestor; ob and testor, to witness. To beseech; to supplicate.
Obtest his clemency.

OBTEST'

,
Verb.
I.
To protest.

Definition 2024

obtest

obtest

English

Verb

obtest ‎(third-person singular simple present obtests, present participle obtesting, simple past and past participle obtested)

  1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.
  2. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

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