Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To supplicate; entreat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To call upon earnestly; entreat; conjure.
- To beg for; supplicate.
- To protest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To protest.
- transitive verb rare To call to witness; to invoke as a witness.
- transitive verb rare To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
implore ,beseech ,plead ,beg . - verb To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I obtest you by the glory of heaven, and by the crowns which believers put on His head, that ye slight not this offer.
The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Thomas Houston
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Here I obtest you, by what He hath purchased for sinners, and by what He has suffered, come and embrace Him.
The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Thomas Houston
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I obtest you by the blood He shed on the cross; I obtest you by the great drops of blood He shed in the garden, and by all the joys that are above the clouds in heaven, that ye put not this offer away.
The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Thomas Houston
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Oh, we obtest those broken window-panes whether it be not _cruel_ to expose
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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I obtest heaven and earth, that in all places, and at all times, I have hitherto shoved by the gilded hand of corruption, and endeavoured to stem the torrent which threatens to overwhelm this land.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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I obtest you by his own excellency, I obtest you by the joys of heaven, and the torments of hell, that you close with Him.
The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Thomas Houston
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I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer away.
The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Thomas Houston
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Wherefore the Presbytery cannot but, in testifying against them for their unfaithfulness, obtest all the lovers of truth, to beware of joining in this course of treachery, and apostasy from God and his covenanted cause.
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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I beseech you therefore and obtest you in the Lord, to make conscience of all rash and passionate oaths, of raging and avenging anger, of night-drinking, of bad company, of Sabbath-breaking, of hurting any under you by word or deed, of hurting your very enemies.
Samuel Rutherford Whyte, Alexander 1894
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I beseech you therefore and obtest you in the Lord, to make conscience of all rash and passionate oaths, of raging and avenging anger, of night-drinking, of bad company, of Sabbath-breaking, of hurting any under you by word or deed, of hurting your very enemies.
Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878
blehfu commented on the word obtest
I would love it if 'obtesty' was a legitimate word.
December 23, 2010