obtest

verb

ob·​test

äbˈtest

transitive verb

1

: beseech, supplicate

2

: to call to witness : invoke as a witness

intransitive verb

1

: supplicate

2

: protest

Word History

Etymology

Middle French obtester, from Latin obtestari, from ob- to, toward + testari to be a witness

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