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obtestari [CL], ~are [LL] 1 to bind by oath. ~atur, objurat GlC O 75. 2 to invoke, call upon. obtestor Dominum: scit hoc ille omnia qui scit Wulf. Swith. II 904; omnia celi ~or numina Arthur & Gorlagon 1. 3 to entreat earnestly (esp. w. invocation of divine power; also as true pass.): a (w. ut or ne & subj.); b (w. quatinus & subj.). a per ‥ nomen Jesu lectorem ~or ne me ex presumptione ad hoc opus estimet accessisse Ailr. Spec. Car. III 40. 620; prostratus ante pedes Jesu orat, plorat, adjurat, ~atur ut aut occidat aut sanet Id. Inst. Inclus. 18; ~atus a sacerdote adjuratusque ‥ ne eis noceret Gir. TH II 19 p. 101; †604 (13c) archiepiscopos ‥ per Dominum Jhesum Christum ‥ ~or ‥ ne quisquam ‥ potestatem ‥ usurpare presumat CS 7. b per Dei virtutem ‥ ~ans quatinus ei miserendo virginitatem ipsius nec ipse violarem ‥ nec ‥ prostituerem Gir. GE II 11 p. 219.

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