obtest en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɒbˈtɛst/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obtestor.
Meanings
- (ambitransitive, archaic) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.
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(ambitransitive, archaic) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
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.
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, page 542, lines 149–152:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| obtesting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| obtested | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| obtested | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| obtests | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |