tr.v. ob·test·ed, ob·test·ing, ob·tests To supplicate; entreat. [Latin obtestārī : ob-, to; see OB- + testārī, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] ob′tes·tation n. |
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