obtest
English
Etymology
From Latin obtestor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒbˈtɛst/
Verb
obtest (third-person singular simple present obtests, present participle obtesting, simple past and past participle obtested)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Eleventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432, lines 149–152, page 542:
- Now Suppliants, from Laurentum ſent, demand
A Truce, with Olive Branches in their hand.
Obteſt his Clemency, and from the Plain
Beg leave to draw the Bodies of their ſlain.
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Related terms
- obtestation