Obtest vs Aver - What's the difference?
obtest | aver | 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 assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
* 1663 ,
* 1819 CE: Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third :
* 1939 (MGM/Warner Home Video)
* 1997 Frederic W. and Roberta B. Case, Trilliums , ISBN 0-88192-374-5:
(legal) To prove or justify a plea.
(obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
Obtest is a related term of aver.
As a verb obtest
is (archaic|ambitransitive) to implore, beseech, plead, beg.As a noun aver is
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Verb
(en verb)- (Dryden)
aver
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) aveir ((etyl) avoir), substantive use of the verb, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
- Chiron, the four-legg'd bard, had both \ A beard and tail of his own growth; \ And yet by authors 'tis averr'd , \ He made use only of his beard.
- The Devil, I safely can aver , / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting.
- As Coroner, I must aver , I thoroughly examined her.
- Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.