obtest
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(ŏb-tĕst′)tr.v. ob·test·ed, ob·test·ing, ob·tests
To supplicate; entreat.
[Latin obtestārī : ob-, to; see ob- + testārī, to call as a witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).]
ob′tes·ta′tion n.
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obtest
(ɒbˈtɛst)vb
1. (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly
2. (when: tr, takes a clause as object; when intr, may be foll by with or against) to object; protest
3. (tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness
[C16: from Latin obtestārī to protest, from ob- to + testārī to bear or call as witness]
ˌobtesˈtation n
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obtest
Past participle: obtested
Gerund: obtesting
| Imperative |
|---|
| obtest |
| obtest |
| Present |
|---|
| I obtest |
| you obtest |
| he/she/it obtests |
| we obtest |
| you obtest |
| they obtest |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I obtested |
| you obtested |
| he/she/it obtested |
| we obtested |
| you obtested |
| they obtested |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am obtesting |
| you are obtesting |
| he/she/it is obtesting |
| we are obtesting |
| you are obtesting |
| they are obtesting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have obtested |
| you have obtested |
| he/she/it has obtested |
| we have obtested |
| you have obtested |
| they have obtested |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was obtesting |
| you were obtesting |
| he/she/it was obtesting |
| we were obtesting |
| you were obtesting |
| they were obtesting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had obtested |
| you had obtested |
| he/she/it had obtested |
| we had obtested |
| you had obtested |
| they had obtested |
| Future |
|---|
| I will obtest |
| you will obtest |
| he/she/it will obtest |
| we will obtest |
| you will obtest |
| they will obtest |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have obtested |
| you will have obtested |
| he/she/it will have obtested |
| we will have obtested |
| you will have obtested |
| they will have obtested |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be obtesting |
| you will be obtesting |
| he/she/it will be obtesting |
| we will be obtesting |
| you will be obtesting |
| they will be obtesting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been obtesting |
| you have been obtesting |
| he/she/it has been obtesting |
| we have been obtesting |
| you have been obtesting |
| they have been obtesting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been obtesting |
| you will have been obtesting |
| he/she/it will have been obtesting |
| we will have been obtesting |
| you will have been obtesting |
| they will have been obtesting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been obtesting |
| you had been obtesting |
| he/she/it had been obtesting |
| we had been obtesting |
| you had been obtesting |
| they had been obtesting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would obtest |
| you would obtest |
| he/she/it would obtest |
| we would obtest |
| you would obtest |
| they would obtest |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have obtested |
| you would have obtested |
| he/she/it would have obtested |
| we would have obtested |
| you would have obtested |
| they would have obtested |
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