obtest

ob·test  (b-tst)

tr.v. ob·test·ed, ob·test·ing, ob·tests

To supplicate; entreat.

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[Latin obtestr : ob-, to; see ob- + testr, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).]

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obtes·tation n.

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obtest [ɒbˈtɛst]

vb Rare

1. (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly

2. (when tr, takes a clause as object; when intr, may be foll by with or against) to object; protest

3. (tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness

[from Latin obtestārī to protest, from ob- to + testārī to bear or call as witness]

obtestation  n