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Webster 1913 Edition
Obtestation
Obˊtes-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
obtestatio
.] The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
[R.]
Antonio asserted this with great
obtestation
. Evelyn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obtestation
OBTESTA'TION
, n.1.
Supplication; entreaty.2.
Solemn injunction.Definition 2024
obtestation
obtestation
English
Noun
obtestation (plural obtestations)
- The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
- Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. — Evelyn.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [T]he ten thousand Judiths press up, resistless; with obtestations, with outspread hands,—merely to speak to the Mayor.