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obtestation

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ob⋅test

  [ob-test]
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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.
Origin:
1540–50; < L obtestārī, equiv. to ob- ob- + test(is) a witness + -ārī inf. suffix

Related forms:
ob⋅tes⋅ta⋅tion, noun
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ob·test   (ŏb-těst')   
tr.v.   ob·test·ed, ob·test·ing, ob·tests
To supplicate; entreat.

[Latin obtestārī : ob-, to; see ob- + testārī, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).]
ob'tes·ta'tion n.
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