obtest

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Deputies, putting forth head, obtest, conjure; Saint-Antoine rages, "Bread and Constitution."

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  1. transitive verb To supplicate; entreat.

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  1. Latin obtestārī : ob-, to; see ob- + testārī, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Old French obtester = Portuguese obtestar, from Latin obtestari, call as a witness, from ob, before, + testari, be a witness: see testament. Cf. attest, protest.
 

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