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verb (used with object)
1.
to invoke as witness.
2.
to supplicate earnestly; beseech.
verb (used without object)
3.
to protest.
4.
to make supplication; beseech.
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Origin:
1540–50; < Latin obtestārī, equivalent to ob- ob- + test(is) a witness + -ārī infinitive suffix
1540–50; < Latin obtestārī, equivalent to ob- ob- + test(is) a witness + -ārī infinitive suffix
Related forms
ob·tes·ta·tion, noun
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