† obtestv.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obtestārī.

Etymology: < classical Latin obtestārī to beseech, implore, to call to witness, to affirm solemnly, to protest < ob- ob- prefix + testārī testate v. Compare Middle French obtester (c1350). N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ̆bte·st) /əbˈtɛst/.

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To call upon in the name of something sacred; to charge solemnly, adjure; to beg earnestly, beseech, entreat, or implore (a person). Frequently with infinitive or that-clause as complement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke

halsec825

askOE

witnec1200

halsenc1290

calla1325

incalla1340

to speak to ——1362

interpel1382

inclepec1384

turnc1384

becallc1400

ethec1400

peala1425

movec1450

provoke1477

adjure1483

invoke1490

conjurea1500

sue1521

invocatea1530

obtest1548

obtestate1553

to throw oneself on (or upon)1592

obsecrate1598

charm1599

to cry on ——1609

behight1615

imprecate1643

impray1855

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xix^v He earnestly obtested, desyred & prayed him that he would..sende some one.

1565 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1900) II. 732 [I will] obtest [your honour..to] schaw [my said brother-in-law some reasonable favour].

1613 J. Stephens Cinthia's Revenge iv. vii. sig. O3^v Let me againe obtest the waking Gods, Or (beyond them) your beauteous diety.

1662 J. Carstaires Let. 25 Nov. in W. Ferrie Notices of Life J. Carstaires (1843) 93 Let me, as you love me and my children, obtest you to have a speciall care of your health.

1702 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1890) I. 231 Earnestlie obtest the presbyterie to doe me justice.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 436 Thus, obtesting Heav'n I mourn'd aloud.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 231 Several other Chiefs..conjured and obtested their chieftain to leave them..to the leading of Ardenvohr and Auchenbreck.

a1847 M. Napier Select. Corr. (1879) 68 To obtest you to secrecy by every form of conjuration.

a1874 S. T. Dobell Poet. Wks. (1875) II. 352 The pain Of tossing heroes on the triremed Past Obtest the festive Gods and silent stars in vain.

b. transitive. To beg earnestly or plead for; to beseech. With that-clause as object in Scottish use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)]

yearnOE

bid971

seek971

askOE

beseechc1175

banc1275

yerec1275

cravec1300

desirec1330

impetrec1374

praya1382

nurnc1400

pleadc1400

require1400

fraynec1430

proke1440

requisitea1475

wishc1515

supply1546

request1549

implore?c1550

to speak for ——1560

entreat1565

impetratec1565

obtest?1577

solicit1595

invoke1617

mendicate1618

petition1621

imprecate1636

conjurea1704

speer1724

canvass1768

kick1792

I will thank you to do so-and-so1813

quest1897

to hit a person up for1917

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing To Rdr. sig. A.iij^v I humblie obtest your friendlie countenance.

1618 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1845) III. 1162 I beseech you and obtest that you retaine these two together.

1648 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 110 We humbly desyre and obtest that the union betwixt the kingdoms may be inviolably preserved.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 542 Now suppliants..Obtest his Clemency.

c. transitive. To affirm solemnly, esp. to protest (one's innocence). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)]

vowc1330

anferme1340

affirma1382

willa1382

threapc1386

avow1393

to make oneself strongc1425

maintain?c1430

protest1440

traverse1491

assure1509

ferma1525

verc1540

profess1542

enforce1579

justify1579

aver1582

to take on1583

asserta1604

will1614

assevera1618

positive1656

autume1661

declare1709

obtesta1722

predicate1782

asseveratea1847

a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 32 He dyed obtesting his innocence.

1875 J. Wylie Hist. Protestantism II. xiv. xxii. 336/2 Again Servetus obtested his innocence.

2. transitive. To call (God, etc.) to witness; to appeal to in confirmation of a statement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > appeal to in confirmation of

obtest1626

invoke1851

1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla 1951 Therefore I here the gods supreame obtest To witnesse this my true and kinde intent.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋7 I may safely obtest the highest.

1678 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 110 The six who were non liquet yesterday..obtested God that they followed nothing but their own conscience.

1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid (1753) xii. 389 Æneas rais'd his hand, amid the croud, Calls, and upbraids the Latian prince aloud, Obtesting heaven, that, wounded, and compell'd By his perfidious foes, he took the field.

1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. x. 421 He obtested heaven and earth that his devoted attachment to the parliament had rendered him so odious in the army, that [etc.].

1792 E. Jerningham Stone Henge 4 For furious Odin might obtest the skies, And bless a hecatomb for sacrifice.

1877 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides vi. 181 And, brothers, here we solemnly obtest The Sovereignties of Nature that the toil We will not end, till Men and spirits blest Hold general jubilee!

3. intransitive. (a) To make supplication or entreaty; to beseech or implore; to plead with a person. (b) To call heaven to witness; to protest against.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] > call to witness

to call or take to (one's) witness1297

to draw, take to warrantc1330

to call (also take) to recorda1393

to call to suretya1616

obtest1650

to call on ——1655

the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore

beseech?c1225

praya1250

plead1340

pursuec1390

implore?a1513

perplead1581

entreat1593

beg1598

oratec1600

contest1607

deprecate1626

imprecatea1645

obtest1650

prig1700

special-plead1814

plea1868

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)]

quarrelc1391

reclaimc1425

to make courtesy (at)1542

protest1550

recontest1611

objurgate1642

obtest1650

remonstrant1654

remonstrate1655

represent1717

protest1870

1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) iv. iii. 656 He in vain obtested with them, that they should take in good part, what was delivered with a good intention.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 173 Whose primitive Reformers..if they could be raised up now to hear them, would obtest against them.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 281 Eumæus heav'd His hands obtesting.

a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns on God's Everlasting Love 2nd Ser. xiv, in Poet. Wks. (1868) III. 88 Would He ask, obtest, and cry, Why will you resolve to die?

1826 H. D. Best Four Years France 87 I detest, or obtest, against all revolutions.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 427 Deputies, putting forth head, obtest, conjure.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II VI. xxi. iii. 407 Honourable members..gathered passionately round the vetoing Brother; conjured, obtested, menaced, wept, prayed.

Derivatives

obtesting adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [adjective] > relating to solemn adjuration

obtesting1597

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas i. 19 Whom hee had..chidden, with so fatherlie a spirite, and such obtesting protestations.

a1754 E. Tollet Poems Several Occasions (1755) 224 He rais'd against them his obtesting Hand, To whelm them in the solitary Land.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 427 Obtesting Deputies obtest vainly.

1875 S. Dobell Balder xxx. 227 The ensheathed appeal Of armed allegiance, the obtesting cry Of a forgotten people. Ye are gods, And we are men; so let it be.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	obtest
释义	† obtestv. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obtestārī. Etymology: < classical Latin obtestārī to beseech, implore, to call to witness, to affirm solemnly, to protest < ob- ob- prefix + testārī testate v. Compare Middle French obtester (c1350). N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ̆bte·st) /əbˈtɛst/. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To call upon in the name of something sacred; to charge solemnly, adjure; to beg earnestly, beseech, entreat, or implore (a person). Frequently with infinitive or that-clause as complement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke halsec825 askOE witnec1200 halsenc1290 calla1325 incalla1340 to speak to ——1362 interpel1382 inclepec1384 turnc1384 becallc1400 ethec1400 peala1425 movec1450 provoke1477 adjure1483 invoke1490 conjurea1500 sue1521 invocatea1530 obtest1548 obtestate1553 to throw oneself on (or upon)1592 obsecrate1598 charm1599 to cry on ——1609 behight1615 imprecate1643 impray1855 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xix^v He earnestly obtested, desyred & prayed him that he would..sende some one. 1565 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1900) II. 732 [I will] obtest [your honour..to] schaw [my said brother-in-law some reasonable favour]. 1613 J. Stephens Cinthia's Revenge iv. vii. sig. O3^v Let me againe obtest the waking Gods, Or (beyond them) your beauteous diety. 1662 J. Carstaires Let. 25 Nov. in W. Ferrie Notices of Life J. Carstaires (1843) 93 Let me, as you love me and my children, obtest you to have a speciall care of your health. 1702 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1890) I. 231 Earnestlie obtest the presbyterie to doe me justice. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 436 Thus, obtesting Heav'n I mourn'd aloud. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 231 Several other Chiefs..conjured and obtested their chieftain to leave them..to the leading of Ardenvohr and Auchenbreck. a1847 M. Napier Select. Corr. (1879) 68 To obtest you to secrecy by every form of conjuration. a1874 S. T. Dobell Poet. Wks. (1875) II. 352 The pain Of tossing heroes on the triremed Past Obtest the festive Gods and silent stars in vain. b. transitive. To beg earnestly or plead for; to beseech. With that-clause as object in Scottish use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing To Rdr. sig. A.iij^v I humblie obtest your friendlie countenance. 1618 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1845) III. 1162 I beseech you and obtest that you retaine these two together. 1648 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 110 We humbly desyre and obtest that the union betwixt the kingdoms may be inviolably preserved. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 542 Now suppliants..Obtest his Clemency. c. transitive. To affirm solemnly, esp. to protest (one's innocence). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] vowc1330 anferme1340 affirma1382 willa1382 threapc1386 avow1393 to make oneself strongc1425 maintain?c1430 protest1440 traverse1491 assure1509 ferma1525 verc1540 profess1542 enforce1579 justify1579 aver1582 to take on1583 asserta1604 will1614 assevera1618 positive1656 autume1661 declare1709 obtesta1722 predicate1782 asseveratea1847 a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 32 He dyed obtesting his innocence. 1875 J. Wylie Hist. Protestantism II. xiv. xxii. 336/2 Again Servetus obtested his innocence. 2. transitive. To call (God, etc.) to witness; to appeal to in confirmation of a statement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > appeal to in confirmation of obtest1626 invoke1851 1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla 1951 Therefore I here the gods supreame obtest To witnesse this my true and kinde intent. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋7 I may safely obtest the highest. 1678 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 110 The six who were non liquet yesterday..obtested God that they followed nothing but their own conscience. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid (1753) xii. 389 Æneas rais'd his hand, amid the croud, Calls, and upbraids the Latian prince aloud, Obtesting heaven, that, wounded, and compell'd By his perfidious foes, he took the field. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. x. 421 He obtested heaven and earth that his devoted attachment to the parliament had rendered him so odious in the army, that [etc.]. 1792 E. Jerningham Stone Henge 4 For furious Odin might obtest the skies, And bless a hecatomb for sacrifice. 1877 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides vi. 181 And, brothers, here we solemnly obtest The Sovereignties of Nature that the toil We will not end, till Men and spirits blest Hold general jubilee! 3. intransitive. (a) To make supplication or entreaty; to beseech or implore; to plead with a person. (b) To call heaven to witness; to protest against. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] > call to witness to call or take to (one's) witness1297 to draw, take to warrantc1330 to call (also take) to recorda1393 to call to suretya1616 obtest1650 to call on ——1655 the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore beseech?c1225 praya1250 plead1340 pursuec1390 implore?a1513 perplead1581 entreat1593 beg1598 oratec1600 contest1607 deprecate1626 imprecatea1645 obtest1650 prig1700 special-plead1814 plea1868 the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] quarrelc1391 reclaimc1425 to make courtesy (at)1542 protest1550 recontest1611 objurgate1642 obtest1650 remonstrant1654 remonstrate1655 represent1717 protest1870 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) iv. iii. 656 He in vain obtested with them, that they should take in good part, what was delivered with a good intention. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 173 Whose primitive Reformers..if they could be raised up now to hear them, would obtest against them. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 281 Eumæus heav'd His hands obtesting. a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns on God's Everlasting Love 2nd Ser. xiv, in Poet. Wks. (1868) III. 88 Would He ask, obtest, and cry, Why will you resolve to die? 1826 H. D. Best Four Years France 87 I detest, or obtest, against all revolutions. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 427 Deputies, putting forth head, obtest, conjure. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II VI. xxi. iii. 407 Honourable members..gathered passionately round the vetoing Brother; conjured, obtested, menaced, wept, prayed. Derivatives obtesting adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [adjective] > relating to solemn adjuration obtesting1597 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas i. 19 Whom hee had..chidden, with so fatherlie a spirite, and such obtesting protestations. a1754 E. Tollet Poems Several Occasions (1755) 224 He rais'd against them his obtesting Hand, To whelm them in the solitary Land. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 427 Obtesting Deputies obtest vainly. 1875 S. Dobell Balder xxx. 227 The ensheathed appeal Of armed allegiance, the obtesting cry Of a forgotten people. Ye are gods, And we are men; so let it be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1548
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