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Obtest

//ɒbˈtɛst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To implore, beseech, plead, beg. ambitransitive, archaic
  2. 2
    To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true. ambitransitive, archaic

    "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."

Etymology

From Latin obtestor.

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