Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obtest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obtest \Ob*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtested}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obtesting}.] [L. obtestari; ob (see {Ob-}) + testari to
witness, fr. testis a witness.]
1. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. [R.] --Dryden.
2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obtest \Ob*test"\, v. i.
To protest. [R.] --E. Waterhouse.
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