obtest

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

ob=test

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CIDE DICTIONARY

obtest, v. t. [L. obtestari; ob (see Ob-) + testari to witness, fr. testis a witness.].

To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [1913 Webster]

obtest, v. i.

To protest. E. Waterhouse. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

obtest

Request

VB request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.