Definition of "obtest" [ob•test]

• To supplicate; entreat. (verb-transitive)

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• "I obtest you by his own excellency, I obtest you by the joys of heaven, and the torments of hell, that you close with Him."
• "I obtest you by the blood He shed on the cross; I obtest you by the great drops of blood He shed in the garden, and by all the joys that are above the clouds in heaven, that ye put not this offer away."
• "I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer away."