obtestation

English

Etymology

From Latin obtestatio.

Noun

obtestation (countable and uncountable, plural obtestations)

1. (archaic) The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
   • 1652 January 12 (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, →OCLC:

     Antonio asserted this with great obtestation.

   • 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):

     [T]he ten thousand Judiths press up, resistless; with obtestations, with outspread hands,—merely to speak to the Mayor.

References

• “obtestation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.