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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

) +

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.