Obtest vs Affirm - What's the difference?
obtest | affirm | Related terms |
(archaic, ambitransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.
(archaic, ambitransitive) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
* Bible, Acts xxv. 19
To support or encourage.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.
Obtest is a related term of affirm.
As verbs the difference between obtest and affirm
is that obtest is (archaic|ambitransitive) to implore, beseech, plead, beg while affirm is to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.obtest
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- She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
- Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.