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English
Etymology
From Latin obtestatio.
Noun
obtestation (countable and uncountable, plural obtestations)
- (archaic) The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
1652 January 12 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “”, 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.
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