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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

/ É’²úˈ³ÙÉ›²õ³Ù /

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

  • ËŒ´Ç²ú³Ù±ð²õˈ³Ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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  • ´Ç²út±ð²õ·³Ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of obtest1

1540–50; < Latin ´Ç²ú³Ù±ð²õ³ÙÄå°ùÄ«, equivalent to ob- ob- + test ( is ) a witness + -Äå°ùÄ« infinitive suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of obtest1

C16: from Latin ´Ç²ú³Ù±ð²õ³ÙÄå°ùÄ« to protest, from ob- to + ³Ù±ð²õ³ÙÄå°ùÄ« to bear or call as witness
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Example Sentences

Obtest, ob-test′, v.t. to call upon, as a witness: to beg for.—v.i. to protest.—n.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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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