obtestationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

obtestation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 obtestations)

1. (archaic) The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
   • 1652 January 12 (Gregorian calendar)​, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 2 January 1652]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842:

     Antonio asserted this with great obtestation.

   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, または III), London: Chapman and Hall Limited, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book または page number):

     [T]he ten thousand Judiths press up, resistless; with obtestations, with outspread hands,—merely to speak to the Mayor.