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Definition of Obtesting
1. obtest [v] - See also: obtest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtesting
Literary usage of Obtesting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1853)
"When lo! an odour from the feast exhales, Spreads o'er the coast, and scents the
tainted gales; A chilly fear congeal'd my vital blood, And thus, obtesting ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Prince Karl did his very utmost there ; obtesting, praying, raging, threatening : —
but to no purpose ..."
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