Meanings
nounobtestation (countable and uncountable, plural obtestations)
plural obtestations
- archaiccountableuncountableThe act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
Antonio asserted this with great obtestation.
1652 January 11 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 2 January 1652]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC1 more example
[T]he ten thousand Judiths press up, resistless; with obtestations, with outspread hands,—merely to speak to the Mayor.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
Origin
- Latinobtestatio
- Englishobtestation
From Latin obtestatio.
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