obtest

To obtest is to beg.

(verb)

An example of to obtest is to get on your hands and knees to ask for something.

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See obtest in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

  1. to beg for; beseech; supplicate
  2. to call to witness

Origin: L obtestari < ob- (see ob-) + testari, to witness < testis, a witness: see testify

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See obtest in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ob·test·ed, ob·test·ing, ob·tests
To supplicate; entreat.

Origin:

Origin: Latin obtestārī

Origin: : ob-, to; see ob-

Origin: + testārī, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots)

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  • obˌtes·taˈtion noun
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