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obtestation|ɒbtɛˈsteɪʃən|
[ad. L. obtestātiōn-em, n. of action from obtestārī to obtest: cf. OF. obtestation (15th c. in Godef.).]
The action or an act of obtesting.
1. A charging or beseeching by some sacred name; solemn adjuration, entreaty, or supplication.
1531Elyot Gov. ii. xii, With whiche wordes, obtestations, and teares,..Titus constrayned..brought furthe with great difficultie his wordes in this wyse. 1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 92 The apostle,..with a most vehement spirit, and most earnest obtestation, doth here exhort the Philippians. a1677Manton Serm. 2 Thess. i. Wks. 1871 III. 5 By way of adjuration or obtestation. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. II. 107 Observe..their doleful Accents and Obtestations and..learn..at once to beg, and how to beg a Pardon. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. xlvii. 12 The gaolers..consigned [them], in spite of their cries and obtestations, to the hands of the executioner.
2. The action of calling (the Deity, etc.) to witness; a solemn appeal or asseveration in confirmation of a statement; protestation.
a1555Ridley Wks. (Parker Soc.) 84 Note what a solemn obtestation God useth. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 221 By way of..obtestation or taking God and the world to witnes. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §14. 261 That Form of Obtestation..by Jupiter and the Gods. 1814Scott Ess., Drama (1874) 144 Frequent prayers and obtestations of the Deity. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. viii, They made oath and obtestation to stand faithfully by one another. |