To obtest is to beg.
(verb)An example of to obtest is to get on your hands and knees to ask for something.
See obtest in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
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
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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