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Implore vs Obtest - What's the difference?

implore | obtest |

As verbs the difference between implore and obtest

is that implore is to beg urgently or earnestly while obtest is to implore, beseech, plead, beg.

implore

English

Verb

(implor)
  • To beg urgently or earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I kneel, and then implore her blessing.
  • To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Imploring all the gods that reign above.

    Synonyms

    * entreat

    obtest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
    • (Dryden)