资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obtest \Ob*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtested}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Obtesting}.] [L. obtestari; ob (see {Ob-}) + testari to
   witness, fr. testis a witness.]
   1. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. [R.] --Dryden.

   2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [R.]