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obtest
 
SYLLABICATION:ob·test
PRONUNCIATION:  b-tst
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ob·test·ed, ob·test·ing, ob·tests
To supplicate; entreat.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin obtestr : ob-, to; see ob– + testr, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:obtes·tation —NOUN
 
 
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