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Definitions for Obtest

[1] to invoke as witness.
[2] to supplicate earnestly; beseech.
[3] to protest.
[4] to make supplication; beseech.
[5] (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly
[6] (when tr, takes a clause as object; when intr, may be foll by with or against ) to object; protest
[7] (tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness

Words related to Obtest

urge, beseech, pray, sue, implore, solicit, plead, ask, desire, advocate, nag, invoke, besiege, abjure, woo, importune, entreat, press, crave, requisition

Words nearby Obtest

obstruent, obtain, obtaining by deception, obtect, obtemper, obtest, obtrude, obtrusion, obtrusive, obtund, obturate

Origin of Obtest

1540–50; < Latin obtestārī, equivalent to ob- ob- + test(is ) a witness + -ārī infinitive suffix

Other words from Obtest

ob·tes·ta·tion , noun

Word origin for Obtest

C16: from Latin obtestārī to protest, from ob- to + testārī to bear or call as witness

Synonyms for Obtest

ask, beseech, implore, plead, pray, solicit, sue, urge, abjure, advocate, besiege, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, importune, invoke, nag, petition, press, requisition, supplicate, woo, worry, apply to, call to, impetrate, obsecrate