tobtestation

[Lat. obtestatio, from obtes tatus, pa. par. of obtest or =to obtest (q. v.).] 1. The act of entreating or supplicating; supplication. "We descend to his obtestation of their redre ."-Bp. Hall: Sermon to the Lords of Parliament. 2. The act of protesting; protestation. *ob-tor-tion, s. [Latin obtortus , pa. par. of ob torqueo to twist.] A twisting. IMG:content-0210.png:[blocks in formation] vol. i., ser. 16. "To use obloquy or obtrectation ."-Barrow: Sermons, *ob-trěc-tā-tor, s. [Lat., from obtrectatus , pa. par. of obtrecto .] A slanderer, a calumniator. "The breath of obtrectators and talebearers." - Hacket : Life of Williams , ii. 19.