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Definition of Obtest
1. v. t. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness.
2. v. i. To protest.
Definition of Obtest
1. Verb. To implore, beseech, plead, beg. ¹
2. Verb. To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obtest
1. to beseech [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: beseech
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtest
Literary usage of Obtest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To SWEAR, (aware) vn Prêt, swore or sware ; part pass. awn. To obtest some
superiour power ; to utter an oath : to declare or promise upon ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"The emendation, however, has been doubted, and abstract defended, f To obtest.
To implore ; to beseech. Wherein 1 have to crave (that nothing more ..."
3. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... I can obtest than) your friendly acceptance of the same ; for it is a token
of my hearty good wil, remembring the worthie deed of the famous Persian ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Deputies, putting forth head, obtest, conjure; Saint-Antoine rages, " Bread and
Constitution." Report has risen that the " Convention is assassinating the ..."
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